Outcome of craniopharyngioma in children: Long-term complications and quality of life

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-229

  Poretti, Andrea ^a   Grotzer, Michael A ^a   Ribi, Karin ^a   Schönle, Eugen ^a   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EMOTIONS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 1842484057     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204000374     Document Type: Article

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