Radiation injury to the nervous system

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 725-734

  New, Pamela ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFEROXAMINE; EFLORNITHINE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GINKGOLIDE B; HEPARIN; HOE 33342; METHOTREXATE; NITROSOUREA DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PENTOBARBITAL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; WARFARIN;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECOND CANCER; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0035684012     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200112000-00008     Document Type: Review

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