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A Versatile Murine Model of Subcortical White Matter Stroke for the Study of Axonal Degeneration and White Matter Neurobiology
Published on: March 17, 2016
[White matter alterations after chemotherapy and radiation]
1Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrberger Str. 1, 66424, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland. andreas.simgen@uks.eu.
Abstract:
Nowadays chemotherapy and radiotherapy are fundamental therapy concepts in the guidelines of malignant tumors of the central nervous system. Both therapy concepts can cause neurological symptoms or white matter alterations can occur, which can be classified into acute, subacute and chronic. Both symptoms and white matter alterations during acute and subacute phases are in most cases completely reversible, whereas chronic white matter alterations can lead to severe neurological limitations and further impair the quality of life of cancer patients.
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