Post-cranial irradiation syndrome with migraine-like headaches, prolonged and reversible neurological deficits and seizures

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 586-590

  Cordato, Dennis J ^a   Brimage, Peter ^b   Masters, Lynette T ^c   Butler, Patrick ^d  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Miranda Neurology   (Australia)

^c Mayne Health Radiology   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Migraine; Neurological deficits; Post cranial irradiation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; GADOLINIUM; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PIZOTIFEN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHASIA; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION SICKNESS; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL IRRADIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 33744898846     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.026     Document Type: Article

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