Additional evidence of a nonverbal learning disability in survivors of pediatric brain tumors

Children's Health Care

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-63

  Bonner, Melanie J ^a,b,c   Hardy, Kristina K ^a   Willard, Victoria W ^b   Gururangan, Sridharan ^c  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; VISION;

EID: 60549110697     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02739610802615849     Document Type: Article

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