Memory and Learning in Young Adults with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida: Specific Cognitive Profiles

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Iddon, J L ^a,b   Morgan, D J R ^b   Ahmed, R ^c   Loveday, C ^c   Sahakian, B J ^a   Pickard, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SPINA BIFIDA; ADOLESCENT; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0742266658     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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