Influence of family environment on language outcomes in children with myelomeningocele

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 589-596

  Vachha, Behroze ^a,b   Adams, R ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Family environment; Hydrocephalus; Language; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; ORIENTATION; PROGNOSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23844557564     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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