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Somnolence syndrome
Pronunciation
Definition 1
Periods of drowsiness, lethargy, loss of appetite, and irritability in children following radiation therapy treatments to the head. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
An uncommon subacute encephalopathy seen following cranial irradiation for cerebral neoplasms. Clinical signs manifest several weeks after treatment and include drowsiness, fatigue, lethargy and slowed mental processing. Clinical course is usually benign, self-limited and independent of radiotherapy dose. (NCI Thesaurus)
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