Neurocognitive effects of therapeutic irradiation for base of skull tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Meyers, Christina A ^a   Geara, Fady ^b   Wong, Pei Fong ^a   Morrison, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anterior base of skull tumors; Neuropsychologic function; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033961784     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00376-4     Document Type: Article

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