Pathological laughter and behavioural change in childhood pontine glioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-271

  Hargrave, Darren R ^a   Mabbott, Donald J ^b   Bouffet, Eric ^b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behaviour; Cerebellum; Glioma; Pathological laughter; Pontine; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CELECOXIB; CHOLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATALITY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748418946     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9034-8     Document Type: Article

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