Impact of surgery and adjuvant therapy on balance function in children and adolescents with cerebellar tumors

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 350-358

  Schoch, Beate ^a   Konczak, J ^b   Dimitrova, A ^a   Gizewski, E R ^a   Wieland, R ^a   Timmann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Balance control; Brain tumor; Cerebellum; Chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 33947606111     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-964904     Document Type: Article

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