Late complications in childhood central nervous system tumour survivors

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 677-683

  Anderson, Neil E ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Obesity; Paediatric brain tumours; Superficial siderosis; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NITROSOUREA;

ASTROCYTOMA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEARING LOSS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; MENINGIOMA; NARCOLEPSY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIDEROSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; THYROID CANCER;

CAUSALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 1842506414     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200312000-00006     Document Type: Review

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