White matter disease in children treated for malignant brain tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 731-738

  Dietrich, Uwe ^a   Wanke, Isabel ^b   Mueller, Tatjana ^c   Wieland, Regina ^b   Moellers, Martin ^a   Forsting, Michael ^b   Stolke, Dietmar ^b  

^a Gilead Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Chemotherapy; Radiation; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MAFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035666208     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-001-0526-3     Document Type: Article

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