Do lesion site and severity predict deficits in attentional control after preschool traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-292

  Power, Tarah ^a   Catroppa, Cathy ^a,c   Coleman, Lee ^a,c   Ditchfield, Michael ^a,c   Anderson, Vicki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Child; Executive function; Lesion location; MRI; Severity; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 34147181113     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701253095     Document Type: Article

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