Verbal memory abilities of children with brain tumors

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 76-88

  King, Tricia Z ^a,b   Fennell, Eileen B ^c   Williams, Lorna ^c   Algina, James ^c   Boggs, Stephen ^c   Crosson, Bruce ^c   Leonard, Christiana ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Dept of Clin and Health Psychology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEIZURES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 4744373670     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040490911096     Document Type: Article

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