Scholarly literature review: Management of neurocognitive late effects with stimulant medication

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1111-1126

  Daly, Brian P ^a   Brown, Ronald T ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Childhood cancer; Malignant brain tumors; Neurocognitive late effects; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN LEUKEMIA; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 35448967452     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm012     Document Type: Review

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