Functional and neuropsychological late outcomes in posterior fossa tumors in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1877-1890

  Lassaletta, Alvaro ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a   Mabbott, Donald ^a   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Craniospinal radiation; Neurocognitive outcome; Neuropsychological; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GLIOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MUTISM; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPEECH; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER INJURY; WORKING MEMORY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOTHERAPY;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84941199147     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-015-2829-9     Document Type: Article

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