Evolution of neurological impairment in pediatric infratentorial ependymoma patients

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-398

  Brannon Morris, E ^a   Li, Chenghong ^a   Khan, Raja B ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^a   Boop, Frederick ^a   Pinlac, Renee ^a   Xiong, Xiaoping ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Children; Conformal radiation; Ependymoma; Neurological impairment

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSMETRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EPENDYMOMA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROSTOMY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249244298     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9866-8     Document Type: Article

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