Late cognitive and radiographic changes related to radiotherapy: Initial prospective findings

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-48

  Armstrong, Carol L ^a   Hunter, J V ^a   Ledakis, G E ^a   Cohen, B ^a   Tallent, E M ^a   Goldstein, B H ^a   Tochner, Z ^a   Lustig, R ^a   Judy, K D ^a   Pruitt, A ^a   Mollman, J E ^a   Stanczak, E M ^a   Jo, M Y ^a   Than, T L ^a   Phillips, P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0037046971     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.1.40     Document Type: Article

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