Quality of life among children with spina bifida in Uganda

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1057-1061

  Sims Williams, Helen J ^a   Sims Williams, Hugh P ^a   Mbabazi Kabachelor, Edith ^b   Warf, Benjamin C ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda   (Uganda)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital Abnorm; Neurodisability; Neurosurgery; Patient perspective; Tropical Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UGANDA; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 85025164084     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312307     Document Type: Article

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