Memory deficits in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors may primarily reflect general cognitive dysfunctions

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-212

  Reimers, Tonny Solveig ^a   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^b   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Children; Cognitive deficits; Late effects; Memory; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33845624263     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20818     Document Type: Article

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