Pathology of radiation myelopathy

Neuropathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 247-265

  Okada, Shinobu ^a   Okeda, Riki ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Glial cells; Radiation; Spinal cord; Vascular permeability; White matter necrosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0035707861     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2001.00408.x     Document Type: Review

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