Radiation-induced cavernomas of the brain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1158-1162

  Jain, Rajan ^a,b   Robertson, Patricia L ^a   Gandhi, Dheeraj ^a   Gujar, Sachin K ^a   Muraszko, Karin M ^a   Gebarski, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSHING DISEASE; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKULL IRRADIATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644828317     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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