Radiation-induced rhombencephalopathy

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-58

  Cirafisi, C ^a   Verderame, F ^a  

^a Chamber Service United   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buspirone; Heparin; Hyperbaric oxygen; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radionecrosis; Rhombencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; HEPARIN CALCIUM; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECROSIS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PARESIS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 0032923339     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720050011     Document Type: Article

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