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[Radiation myelopathy].
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After nothing the rarity of papers describing the pathology of delayed radiation necrosis of the spinal cord, the clinical and pathological findings from four cases are presented. The main pathological features are asymmetric demyelination of the lateral columns and to a lesser degree the posterior and anterior columns of white matter, with coagulative necrosis at the level of irradiation which...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.42.5.413