Role of radiation therapy to the brain in leukemic patients with cranial nerve palsies in the absence of radiological findings

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 497-503

  Ha, Chul S ^a   Chung, Woong Ki ^a   Koller, Charles A ^a   Cox, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve; Irradiation; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER INVASION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033018560     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199909058407     Document Type: Article

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