Health status in 52 long-term survivors of pediatric brain tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Foreman, Nicholas K ^a,b   Faestel, Paul M ^a   Pearson, Joanne ^a   Disabato, Jennifer ^a   Poole, Marty ^a   Wilkening, Greta ^a,b   Arenson, Edward B ^c   Greffe, Brian ^a,b   Thorne, Robert ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Childhood Hematol Oncol Associates   (United States)

^d BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Health status; Pediatric; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032937998     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006145724500     Document Type: Article

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