Cognition, behaviour and academic skills after cognitive rehabilitation in Ugandan children surviving severe malaria: A randomised trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bangirana, Paul ^a,b   Allebeck, Peter ^b   Boivin, Michael J ^c,d   John, Chandy C ^e   Page, Connie ^f   Ehnvall, Anna ^g,h   Musisi, Seggane ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c East Lansing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h Halland County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UGANDA; WORKING MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SURVIVOR;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE; SURVIVORS; UGANDA;

EID: 79961109842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-96     Document Type: Article

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