Remediation of learning difficulties in children after treatment for a cerebellar medulloblastoma: A single-case study

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-24

  Callu, Delphine ^a   Laroussinie, Françoise ^a   Kieffer, Virginie ^b,c   Notteghem, Pauline ^c   Zerah, Michel ^d   Hartmann, Olivier ^b   Grill, Jacques ^b   Dellatolas, Georges ^a,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Medulloblastoma; Outcome; Remediation; Team rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKING MEMORY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 45149101593     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17518420701419227     Document Type: Article

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