Radiation-induced brain disorders in patients with pituitary tumours

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-346

  Bhansali, A ^a   Banerjee, A K ^a   Chanda, A ^a   Singh, P ^a   Sharma, S C ^a   Mathuriya, S N ^a   Dash, R J ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Megavoltage irradiation; Pituitary tumours; Radionecrosis; Second neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 7044284837     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8461.2003.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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