Clinical characteristics and changes in living quality of patients with radiation encephalopathy induced by radiation therapy for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Tang, Ya Mei ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Zhang, Fu Sheng ^a   Liu, Yun Lin ^a   Zhou, Hai Hong ^a   Ye, Jian Hong ^a   Xing, Yi Gang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal cancer; Quality of life; Radiation encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INDUCED ENCEPHALOPATHY; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84867062485     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-5374(07)60022-X     Document Type: Article

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