Cognitive sequelae in children with posterior fossa tumors

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  George, Amanda P ^a   Kuehn, Sally M ^a   Vassilyadi, Michael ^a   Richards, Pauline M P ^b   Parlow, Shelley E ^b   Keene, Daniel L ^a   Ventureyra, Enrique C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037233576     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00471-X     Document Type: Article

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