A study of radiation-induced cerebral vascular injury in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with radiation-induced temporal lobe necrosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ye, Jianhong ^a   Rong, Xiaoming ^a   Xiang, Yanqun ^b   Xing, Yigang ^a   Tang, Yamei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84865057622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042890     Document Type: Article

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