Failure of radiation therapy for brain involvement in Erdheim Chester disease

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-172

  Mascalchi, Mario ^a   Nencini, Patrizia ^a   Nistri, Marco ^a   Sarti, Cristina ^a   Santoni, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Erdheim Chester disease; Histiocytosis; Proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FOAM CELL; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SELLA TURCICA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036713205     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019649201324     Document Type: Article

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