Malaysian children with spina bifida: Relationship between functional outcome and level of lesion

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-17

  Ong, Lai Choo ^a,b   Lim, Y N ^a   Sofiah, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Outcome; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 0039486530     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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