School-aged children with spina bifida in Western Australia - Parental perspectives on functional outcome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-334

  Kalucy, Megan ^a   Bower, Carol ^a   Stanley, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029997220     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12098.x     Document Type: Article

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