Cognitive deficits and predictors 3 years after diagnosis of a pilocytic astrocytoma in childhood

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3526-3532

  Aarsen, Femke K ^a   Paquier, Philippe F ^a   Arts, Willem Frans ^a   Van Veelen, Marie Lise ^a   Michiels, Erna ^a   Lequin, Maarten ^a   Catsman Berrevoets, Coriene E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TUMOR VOLUME; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COGNITION; EDUCATION; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ASTROCYTOMA; ATTENTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70249122054     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.6303     Document Type: Article

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