SMART Syndrome: A Reversible Complication after Radiation Therapy and Surgery for Brain Tumors

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages e193-e194

  Sheehan, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation; SMART syndrome; Trigeminovascular system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; STROKE LIKE MIGRAINE ATTACK AFTER RADIATION THERAPY SYNDROME; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RADIATION; SMART SYNDROME; TRIGEMINOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 84908245309     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.101     Document Type: Article

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