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Post Chemotherapy Morphologic MR Imaging

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Imaging Gliomas After Treatment

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Neurotoxicity of drugs is a pathologic condition which is on the rise due to both the wider use of specific antiblastic therapies and the improved clinical and neuroradiologic performance that allow early and specific diagnosis.

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Popolizio, T., Pollice, S., Scarabino, T. (2012). Post Chemotherapy Morphologic MR Imaging. In: Scarabino, T. (eds) Imaging Gliomas After Treatment. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2370-3_9

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