Child with acute methotrexate related neurotoxicity: Can diffusion weighted MRI help??

Background: Methotrexate is widely used chemotherapy especially in pediatric hematological malignancy. It may associate with acute neurotoxicity. We evaluate the role of the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the early detection of the acute methotrexate neurotoxicity. Methods: Seventeen pediatric...

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Main Authors: Ayda A. Youssef, Tarek A. Raafat, Youssef Madney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X15001837