Persistent psychosocial problems in children who develop posterior fossa syndrome after medulloblastoma resection

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 723-726

  Wolfe Christensen, Cortney ^a   Mullins, Larry L ^b,c   Scott, James G ^b   McNall Knapp, René Y ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; Pediatric oncology; Posterior fossa syndrome; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACHENBACH CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNERS PARENT RATING SCALE 93; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 35148864703     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21084     Document Type: Review

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