Very long-term follow-up of cognitive function in adults treated in infancy for hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 597-601

  Lindquist, Barbro ^a   Persson, Eva Karin ^a   Fernell, Elisabeth ^b   Uvebrant, Paul ^c  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Infantile hydrocephalus; Long term follow up; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79953817276     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1311-y     Document Type: Article

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