Intelligence quotient in children with meningomyeloceles: A case-control study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 106-110

  Nejat, Farideh ^a   Kazmi, Syed Shuja ^a   Habibi, Zohreh ^b   Tajik, Parvin ^a   Shahrivar, Zahra ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intelligence quotient; Meningomyelocele; Pediatric neurosurgery; Shunt

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34347212437     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.2.106     Document Type: Article

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