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

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 357-365

  Ribi, K ^a   Relly, C ^a   Landolt, M A ^a   Alber, F D ^a   Boltshauser, E ^a   Grotzer, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Long term complication; Medulloblastoma; Primitive neuroectodermal brain tumour; Psychological adjustment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31544446902     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872880     Document Type: Article

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