Attention and executive functions in adolescents with spina bifida

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 983-994

  Rose, Brigid M ^a,b   Holmbeck, Grayson N ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive functions; Hydrocephalus; Neural tube defects; Social adjustment; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 36649019193     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm042     Document Type: Article

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