Central Nervous System Complications in Children Receiving Chemotherapy or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Central Nervous System Complications in Children Receiving Chemotherapy or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Therapy-related neurotoxicity greatly affects possibility of survival and quality of life of pediatric patients treated for cancer. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is heterogeneous, varying from very mild and transient symptoms to extremely severe and debilitating, or even lethal syndromes....

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Main Authors: Duccio Maria Cordelli, Riccardo Masetti, Daniele Zama, Francesco Toni, Ilaria Castelli, Emilia Ricci, Emilio Franzoni, Andrea Pession
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
neurotoxicity
neuroradiologic
posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
thrombosis
aspergillosis
methotrexate
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00105/full

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