Intellectual development of infants, children and adolescents with congenital heart disease

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 368-378

  Wray, Jo ^a,b  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744948110     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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