Critical risk factors for intellectual impairment in children with posterior fossa tumors: The role of cerebellar damage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 152-158

  Grill, Jacques ^a   Viguier, Delphine ^b   Kieffer, Virginie ^b   Bulteau, Christine ^b   Sainte Rose, Christian ^b   Hartmann, Olivier ^b   Kalifa, Chantal ^b   Dellatolas, Georges ^b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognition; Medulloblastoma; Neuropsychology; Pediatric neurosurgery; Radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MORBIDITY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 7044269193     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2004.101.2.0152     Document Type: Article

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