Cognitive and academic outcome after benign or malignant cerebellar tumor in children

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-278

  Callu, Delphine ^a   Viguier, Delphine ^a   Laroussinie, Françoise ^a   Puget, Stéphanie ^b   Boddaert, Nathalie ^b   Kieffer, Virginie ^c,d   Piana, Hélène ^b   Escolano, Sylvie ^e   Renier, Dominique ^b   Sainte Rose, Christian ^b   Grill, Jacques ^c   Dellatolas, Georges ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Children; Dentate nuclei; Impairments; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL RETENTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ACHIEVEMENT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; GLIOMA; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949096410     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181bf2d4c     Document Type: Article

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