Pathogenesis of delayed radiation injury in the rat spinal cord after X-ray irradiation

Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-132.

  Miyagawa, Hidehito ^a   Yokofujita, Junko ^a   Okeda, Riki ^a   Kuroiwa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed radiation injury; Endothelial cell injury; Spinal cord; Spongiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030003983     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1996.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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