Anticoagulation for radiation-induced neurotoxicity revisited

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-362

  Happold, Caroline ^a,b   Ernemann, Ulrike ^c   Roth, Patrick ^a,b   Wick, Wolfgang ^a,d   Weller, Michael ^a,b   Schmidt, Friederike ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Myelopathy; Neurotoxicity; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; BUSULFAN; CARMUSTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; HEPARIN; IDARUBICIN; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; NADROPARIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE; VINDESINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRANIAL NERVE LESION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 56249134861     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9674-6     Document Type: Article

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