Acute late-onset encephalopathy after radiotherapy: An unusual life-threatening complication

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1014-1017

  Stefano, Anna Luisa Di ^a   Berzero, Giulia ^a,b   Vitali, Paolo ^a   Galimberti, Carlo Andrea ^a   Ducray, Francois ^c   Ceroni, Mauro ^a,b   Bastianello, Stefano ^a,b   Colombo, Anna Amelia ^d   Simoncelli, Anna ^d   Brunelli, Marta Claudia ^e   Giometto, Bruno ^e   Diamanti, Luca ^a,b   Gaviani, Paola ^f   Salmaggi, Andrea ^g   Silvani, Antonio ^f   Marchioni, Enrico ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^g A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN RADIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884548783     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a43b1f     Document Type: Article

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