Cognitive outcome in pediatric brain tumor survivors: Delayed attention deficit at long-term follow-up

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-340

  Brière, Marie Eve ^a,b   Scott, James G ^a   McNall Knapp, René Y ^a   Adams, Russell L ^a  

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

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CNS tumors; Late effects of cancer treatment; Pediatric oncology; Psychology; Quality of life; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 37549002924     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21223     Document Type: Article

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