Functional independence among young adults with spina bifida, in relation to hydrocephalus and level of lesion

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-119

  Verhoef, Marjolein ^a   Barf, Hans A ^a   Post, Marcel W M ^a   van Asbeck, Floris W A ^a   Gooskens, Rob H J M ^a   Prevo, Arie J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 31144456753     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000259     Document Type: Article

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