Leukoencephalopathy induced by chemotherapy with tegafur, a 5-fluorouracil derivative

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 527-531

  Ohara, S ^a   Hayashi, R ^b   Hata, S ^c   Itoh, N ^b   Hanyu, N ^c   Yamamoto, K ^c  

^a Matsumoto Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Demyelination; Leukoencephalopathy; Microglia; Tegafur

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; TEGAFUR;

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DEATH; DEMYELINATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEGAFUR;

EID: 0031718828     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050929     Document Type: Article

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