Long-term evaluation of radiation-induced brain damage by serial magnetic resonance imaging

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 870-876

  Kato, Tsutomu ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Tada, Mitsuhiro ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain tumor; irradiation; magnetic resonance imaging; radiation necrosis; radiation induced brain damage; sequential evaluation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION INJURY; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030465050     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.870     Document Type: Article

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