Memory and selective learning in children with spina bifida-myelomeningocele and shunted hydrocephalus: A preliminary study

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vachha, Behroze ^a,b   Adams, Richard C ^a,b  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEMANTICS; SPINA BIFIDA; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33845227692     PISSN: 17438454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-2-10     Document Type: Article

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