Reversible MRI lesions due to pegaspargase treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-187

  Bushara, Khalafalla O ^a   Rust, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE MACROGOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THROMBOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASPARAGINASE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; LYMPHOMA, LYMPHOBLASTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REMISSION INDUCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0030714043     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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