Neurobehavioral and Neurologic Outcome in Long-Term Survivors of Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors: Role of Age and Perioperative Factors

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 209-212

  Chapman, Catherine A ^a   Pomeroy, Scott L ^a   Waber, Deborah P ^b   Bernstein, Jane H ^b   Lavally, Beverly ^c   Sallan, Stephen E ^c   Tarbell, Nancy ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL IRRADIATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOTOMY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028921319     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389501000308     Document Type: Article

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