Predicting behavioral problems in craniopharyngioma survivors after conformal radiation therapy

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 860-864

  Dolson, Eugenia P ^a   Conklin, Heather M ^a   Li, Chenghong ^a   Xiong, Xiaoping ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Child behavior checklist; Craniopharyngioma; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67650487170     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21947     Document Type: Article

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