Radiation leukoencephalopathy associated with moderate hydrocephalus: Intracranial pressure monitoring and results of ventriculoperitoneal shunting

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 237-241

  Perrini, P ^a   Scollato, A ^a   Cioffi, F ^a   Mouchaty, H ^a   Conti, R ^a   Di Lorenzo, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Radiation leukoencephalopathy; Ventriculoperitoneal shunting

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LEUPRORELIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036910070     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720200048     Document Type: Article

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