Language differences in young children with myelomeningocele and shunted hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 184-189

  Vachha, Behroze ^a,b,d   Adams, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari II; Early intervention; Hydrocephalus; Language; Language impairments; Myelomeningocele; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141456717     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072469     Document Type: Article

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