Idiopathic macrocephaly in the infant: Long-term neurological and neuropsychological outcome

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1242-1248

  Muenchberger, Heidi ^a   Assaad, Nazih ^c   Joy, Pamela ^b,c   Brunsdon, Ruth ^c   Shores, E Arthur ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign external hydrocephalus; Head circumference; Macrocephaly; Neuropsychology; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749040281     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0080-0     Document Type: Review

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