Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the evaluation of neurotoxicity following cranial irradiation for childhood cancer

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 868, 2000, Pages 421-424

  Davidson, A ^a   Tait, D M ^a   Payne, G S ^a   Hopewell, J W ^b   Leach, M O ^a   Watson, M ^b   MacVicar, A D L ^a   Britton, J A ^a   Ashley, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKULL IRRADIATION;

EID: 0034013278     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.73.868.10844868     Document Type: Article

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