Thalassemia and learning: Neurocognitive functioning in children

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 283-289

  Armstrong, F Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic anemia; Educational intervention; Neurocognitive; Neurodevelopment; Silent infarct; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LAW; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPECIAL EDUCATION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 29744441530     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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