Persistence of cognitive deficits following paediatric head injury without professional rehabilitation in rural East Coast Malaysia

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-167

  Abdullah, Jafri Malin ^a   Kumaraswamy, Narasappa ^a   Awang, Naziah ^a   Ghazali, Mazira Mohamad ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Rusli ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Head injury; Outcome; Paediatric; Psychomotor analysis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENDER TEST; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 23844435311     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60334-1     Document Type: Article

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