Outcome in children with brain tumours diagnosed in the first year of life: Long-term complications and quality of life

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 582-589

  Gerber, N U ^a   Zehnder, D ^a   Zuzak, T J ^a   Poretti, A ^a   Boltshauser, E ^a   Grotzer, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 48949119152     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.116202     Document Type: Article

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