Fulminating midbrain irradiation injury of pediatric brain tumor

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 800-805

  Ochi, Satoko ^a   Takahashi, Yoshio ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a Hokkaido Children's Hospital and Medical Center   (Japan)

^b Tomakomai Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early delayed radiation reaction; Gamma knife; Pediatric brain tumor; Tectal glioma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMA; DROWSINESS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PTOSIS; RADIATION INJURY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MESENCEPHALON; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 27244449632     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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