Sagittal Craniosynostosis: Cognitive Development, Behaviour, and Quality of Life in Unoperated Children

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 293-300

  Boltshauser, Eugen ^a   Ludwig, S ^a   Dietrich, F ^a   Landolt, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognition; Development; Natural history; Quality of life; Sagittal craniosynostosis; Scaphocephaly

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAGITTAL CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0347357589     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44667     Document Type: Article

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