The cognitive phenotype of spina bifida meningomyelocele

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Dennis, Maureen ^a,b,c   Barnes, Marcia A ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic skills; Cognition; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951660701     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.89     Document Type: Review

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