Late radiation injury to the temporal lobes: Morphologic evaluation at MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 800-807

  Chan, Yu Leung ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   King, Ann D ^a   Choi, Peter H K ^a   Metreweli, Con ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brain, MR; Brain, necrosis; Gadolinium; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Radiations, injurious effects, complications of therapeutic radiology

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032699828     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.3.r99dc07800     Document Type: Article

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