Intermittent High Dose Corticosteroid Treatment in Childhood Cancer: Behavioral and Emotional Consequences

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 120-124

  HARRIS, JAMES C ^a   CAREL, CYNTHIA A ^a   ROSENBERG, LEON A ^a   JOSHI, PARAMJIT ^a   LEVENTHAL, BRIGID G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE; APPETITE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; IRRITABILITY; MOOD; MOON FACE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; APPETITE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PREDNISONE; SLEEP;

EID: 0022657164     PISSN: 00027138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60608-7     Document Type: Article

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