Treatment, age and time-related predictors of behavioral outcome in pediatric brain tumor survivors

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Holmquist, Lori A ^a,b   Scott, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral outcome; Brain tumor; Pediatric cancer; Predictors of behavioral outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0036893056     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020791018897     Document Type: Article

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