Dementia following treatment of brain tumors with radiotherapy administered alone or in combination with nitrosourea-based chemotherapy: A clinical and pathological study

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-149

  Vigliani, M C ^a   Duyckaerts, C ^b   Hauw, J J ^b   Poisson, M ^a   Magdelenat, H ^c   Delattre, Jean Yves ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d Fed de Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

Gliomas; Neurotoxicity; Radiation induced dementia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOPA; NITROSOUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; TISSUE NECROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032959979     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006183730847     Document Type: Article

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