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What is the appropriate workup and treatment for patients with SMART syndrome following radiation for brain tumors?

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Neurology · Wake Forest School of Medicine

Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART) is a late presentation after treatment for a CNS malignancy (or brain radiation for another cause; e.g., prophylactic cranial radiation). It is one of many late effects of radiation therapy. Others may include vasculopathy, cognitive dysfu...

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