Changes in Cerebral Cortex of Children Treated for Medulloblastoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 992-998

  Liu, Arthur K ^a   Marcus, Karen J ^a,b,c   Fischl, Bruce ^d,e   Grant, P Ellen ^d   Young Poussaint, Tina ^b   Rivkin, Michael J ^b   Davis, Peter ^b   Tarbell, Nancy J ^d   Yock, Torunn I ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL THICKNESS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA;

CHEMOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA;

EID: 34447286467     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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