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. 2013 Sep 10;81(11):1014-7.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a43b1f. Epub 2013 Aug 9.

Acute late-onset encephalopathy after radiotherapy: an unusual life-threatening complication

Anna Luisa Di Stefano  1 , Giulia Berzero, Paolo Vitali, Carlo Andrea Galimberti, Francois Ducray, Mauro Ceroni, Stefano Bastianello, Anna Amelia Colombo, Anna Simoncelli, Marta Claudia Brunelli, Bruno Giometto, Luca Diamanti, Paola Gaviani, Andrea Salmaggi, Antonio Silvani, Enrico Marchioni
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Acute late-onset encephalopathy after radiotherapy: an unusual life-threatening complication

Anna Luisa Di Stefano et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Unusual late-onset complications of brain irradiation, characterized by reversible neurologic focal signs, seizures, and MRI alterations, have recently been reported and classified as stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART)(1) and peri-ictal pseudoprogression (PIPG).(2.)

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