Late neurological complications after irradiation of malignant tumors of the testis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-503

  Knap, Marianne M ^a   Bentzen, Søren M ^b   Overgaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; DELAYED NEUROTOXICITY; DISEASE COURSE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; SPINAL CORD CANCER;

DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PARESIS; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248574069     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860601052752     Document Type: Article

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