Effects of chemotherapy on the brain in childhood: Diffusion tensor imaging of subtle white matter damage

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1251-1257

  Morioka, Shigemi ^a   Morimoto, Masafumi ^a   Yamada, Kei ^a   Hasegawa, Tatsuji ^a   Morita, Takashi ^a   Moroto, Masaharu ^a   Isoda, Kenichi ^a   Chiyonobu, Tomohiro ^a   Imamura, Toshihiko ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a   Morimoto, Akira ^b   Hosoi, Hajime ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Chemotherapy; Fractional anisotropy (FA); Frontal white matter; Hematological malignancies

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885418124     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1245-7     Document Type: Article

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