Prevalence, and intellectual outcome of unilateral focal cortical brain damage as a function of age, sex and aetiology

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 105-116

  Braun, C M J ^a   Montour Proulx, I ^a,b   Daigneault, S ^a,c   Rouleau, I ^a,d   Kuehn, S ^b   Piskopos, M ^e   Desmarais, G ^f   Lussierg, F ^g   Rainville, C ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Gait and Posture Laboratory   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^h Hôpital Côte des Neiges   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Brain; Intelligence; Lesion; Recovery; Sex; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035782807     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/634764     Document Type: Article

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