Vascular abnormalities in pediatric craniopharyngioma patients treated with radiation therapy

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Liu, Arthur K ^a   Bagrosky, Brian ^b   Fenton, Laura Z ^b   Gaspar, Laurie E ^a   Handler, Michael H ^b   McNatt, Sean A ^b   Foreman, Nicholas K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Moyamoya syndrome; Radiation therapy; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAVERNOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 59449109666     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21787     Document Type: Article

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