Perfusion MRI and SPECT of brain after treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-92

  Pääkkö, Eija ^a,d   Lehtinen, Satu ^a   Harila Saari, Arja ^a   Ahonen, Aapo ^a,b   Jauhiainen, Jukka ^a,c   Torniainen, Pentti ^a   Pyhtinen, Juhani ^a   Lanning, Marjatta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; Iatrogenic brain changes; Magnetic resonance imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTARABINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0037291528     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10210     Document Type: Article

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