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Radiation therapy for pediatric craniopharyngioma by Kiehna, Erin N, Merchant, Thomas E

“…The treatment of craniopharyngioma is highly controversial. Continued advances in limited surgery and radiation therapy have maintained excellent local disease…”
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Changes in Attentional Performance of Children and Young Adults With Localized Primary Brain Tumors After Conformal Radiation Therapy by KIEHNA, Erin N, MULHERN, Raymond K, CHENGHONG LI, XIAOPING XIONG, MERCHANT, Thomas E

“…To prospectively assess the impact of conformal radiation therapy (CRT) and demographic and clinical variables on four measures of attention in pediatric and…”
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Presentation and outcomes in surgically and conservatively managed pediatric Rathke cleft cysts by Shepard, Matthew J, Elzoghby, Mohamed A, Kiehna, Erin N, Payne, Spencer C, Jane, John A

“…OBJECTIVE Rathke cleft cysts (RCCs) are sellar lesions that are commonly encountered in adults but infrequently diagnosed in the pediatric population. As a…”
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Craniopharyngioma: the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience 1984-2001 by Merchant, Thomas E, Kiehna, Erin N, Sanford, Robert A, Mulhern, Raymond K, Thompson, Stephen J, Wilson, Matthew W, Lustig, Robert H, Kun, Larry E

“…To review our institution's experience in the treatment of craniopharyngioma and assess the merits of initial therapy with limited surgery and irradiation. The…”
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Visual Outcomes in Pediatric Optic Pathway Glioma After Conformal Radiation Therapy by Awdeh, Richard M., MD, Kiehna, Erin N., MD, Drewry, Richard D., MD, Kerr, Natalie C., MD, Haik, Barrett G., MD, Wu, Shengjie, MS, Xiong, Xiaoping, PhD, Merchant, Thomas E., DO, PhD

“…Purpose To assess visual outcome prospectively after conformal radiation therapy (CRT) in children with optic pathway glioma. Methods and Materials We used CRT…”
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Novel GOPC(FIG)-ROS1 fusion in a pediatric high-grade glioma survivor by Kiehna, Erin N, Arnush, Maxine R, Tamrazi, Benita, Cotter, Jennifer A, Hawes, Debra, Robison, Nathan J, Fong, Cindy Y, Estrine, Dolores B, Han, Jennifer H, Biegel, Jaclyn A

“…Pediatric high-grade glioma is a rare tumor characterized by high mortality. The authors report the first case of a high-grade glioma associated with a…”
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Editorial. Shifting paradigms: how pediatric neurosurgeons view prenatal closure for myelomeningocele by Kiehna, Erin N

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Evaluating the potential role of determinants of health on encephalocele patient outcomes — a combined retrospective study and systematic review by Escobar, Victoria A. Pinilla, Wyant, W. Austin, Debs, Luca H., Jamshidi, Aria, Kiehna, Erin N., McCrea, Heather J.

“…Introduction To evaluate the outcomes and demographics of encephalocele patients who were born and received treatment in our neonatal ICU and conduct a PRISMA…”
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Editorial. When in doubt, should we still cut it out? by Kiehna, Erin N, Bollo, Robert J

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Introduction. Advancing the care of children with spina bifida, prenatally and postnatally by Kiehna, Erin N, Blount, Jeffrey P, McClung Smith, Catherine, Ocal, Eylem, Chatterjee, Sandip

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Introduction. Pediatric epilepsy and functional disease by Kiehna, Erin N, McClung-Smith, Catherine F, Bollo, Robert J

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A quantitative analysis of craniopharyngioma cyst expansion during and after radiation therapy and surgical implications by Lamiman, Kelly, Wong, Kenneth K, Tamrazi, Benita, Nosrati, Jason D, Olch, Arthur, Chang, Eric L, Kiehna, Erin N

“…OBJECTIVE When complete resection of craniopharyngioma is not achievable or the sequelae are prohibitive, limited surgery and radiation therapy have…”
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Phase II trial of conformal radiation therapy for pediatric patients with craniopharyngioma and correlation of surgical factors and radiation dosimetry with change in cognitive function by Merchant, Thomas E, Kiehna, Erin N, Kun, Larry E, Mulhern, Raymond K, Li, Chenghong, Xiong, Xiaoping, Boop, Frederick A, Sanford, Robert A

“…A Phase II trial of conformal radiation therapy (CRT) for craniopharyngioma was conducted to determine whether the irradiated volume could be safely reduced to…”
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Case 1: An 11-year-old Girl with Depression and Electrolyte Disturbance by Assaf, Raymen Rammy, Levine, Maria, Cheung, Clement, Tamrazi, Benita, Cotter, Jennifer A, Bryant, Michael, Kiehna, Erin N

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Myc and Loss of p53 Cooperate to Drive Formation of Choroid Plexus Carcinoma by Wang, Jun, Merino, Diana M, Light, Nicholas, Murphy, Brian L, Wang, Yong-Dong, Guo, Xiaohui, Hodges, Andrew P, Chau, Lianne Q, Liu, Kun-Wei, Dhall, Girish, Asgharzadeh, Shahab, Kiehna, Erin N, Shirey, Ryan J, Janda, Kim D, Taylor, Michael D, Malkin, David, Ellison, David W, VandenBerg, Scott R, Eberhart, Charles G, Sears, Rosalie C, Roussel, Martine F, Gilbertson, Richard J, Wechsler-Reya, Robert J

“…Choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) is a rare brain tumor that occurs most commonly in very young children and has a dismal prognosis despite intensive therapy…”
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Use of the intrathoracic pressure regulator to lower intracranial pressure in patients with altered intracranial elastance: a pilot study by Kiehna, Erin N, Huffmyer, Julie L, Thiele, Robert H, Scalzo, David C, Nemergut, Edward C

“…The intrathoracic pressure regulator (ITPR) is a novel noninvasive device designed to increase circulation and blood pressure. By applying negative pressure…”
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Modeling radiation dosimetry to predict cognitive outcomes in pediatric patients with CNS embryonal tumors including medulloblastoma by Merchant, Thomas E, Kiehna, Erin N, Li, Chenghong, Shukla, Hemant, Sengupta, Saikat, Xiong, Xiaoping, Gajjar, Amar, Mulhern, Raymond K

“…Model the effects of radiation dosimetry on IQ among pediatric patients with central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Pediatric patients with CNS embryonal tumors…”
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Pseudotumor Cerebri after Surgical Remission of Cushing’s Disease by Kiehna, Erin N, Keil, Meg, Lodish, Maya, Stratakis, Constantine, Oldfield, Edward H

“…Context: Pseudotumor cerebri has only been described after successful surgery for Cushing’s disease (CD) in case reports. We sought to establish the incidence…”
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Pediatric low-grade and ependymal spinal cord tumors by Merchant, T E, Kiehna, E N, Thompson, S J, Heideman, R, Sanford, R A, Kun, L E

“…Our institutional experience with pediatric spinal cord tumors includes 25 patients with the diagnosis of ependymoma (EP; n = 4), myxopapillary ependymoma…”
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Radiation dosimetry predicts IQ after conformal radiation therapy in pediatric patients with localized ependymoma by Merchant, Thomas E, Kiehna, Erin N, Li, Chenghong, Xiong, Xiaoping, Mulhern, Raymond K

“…To assess the effects of radiation dose-volume distribution on the trajectory of IQ development after conformal radiation therapy (CRT) in pediatric patients…”
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