Childhood bacterial meningitis: Impact of age at illness and acute medical complications on long term outcome

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-158

  Anderson, Vicki ^a,b   Bond, Lyndal ^b   Catroppa, Cathy ^b   Grimwood, Keith ^a,b   Keir, Eddie ^b   Nolan, Terry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Meningitis; Neuropsychological sequelae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030934726     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617797001471     Document Type: Article

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