Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , January 2006

Everyday Cognitive Function After Craniopharyngioma in Childhood

  • Deborah P. Waber, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Waber; Department of Psychiatry; Children’s Hospital Boston; 300 Longwood Avenue; Boston, MA 02115
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  • Scott L. Pomeroy, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Abigail M. Chiverton, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Mark W. Kieran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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  • R. Michael Scott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
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  • Liliana C. Goumnerova, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
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  • Michael J. Rivkin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School

Received 2 February 2005 ,Accepted 12 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.06.002

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , January 2006

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