Outlook following "somnolence syndrome" after prophylactic cranial irradiation.
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Outlook following "somnolence syndrome" after prophylactic cranial irradiation.
Outlook following "somnolence syndrome" after prophylactic cranial irradiation The "somnolence syndrome" consists of drowsiness, lethargy, anorexia, and irritability occuring in about 600% of children six weeks after prophylactic irradiation of the central nervous system in acute leukaemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.1 It is associated with electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities.1 We have st...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6112.554