Mathematical skills in children with pilocytic astrocytoma.

Silvia Benavides-VarelaRiccardina LorussoValentina BaroLuca DenaroNancy Estévez-PérezDaniela LucangeliDomenico D'AvellaCarlo Semenza

Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2018)

The results evince an overall recovery of mathematical abilities despite PA in the majority of patients. This functional reestablishment is supported by visuospatial and visuomotor integration functions that contribute to set up emerging mathematical skills in these patients. Higher levels of compensation are found in more developed tumors as compared to smaller ones.

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