title: Spina bifida children's scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.
abstract: An analysis of the scores of 58 cases assessed on the WISC suggested there was differential intellectual prognosis according to type of lesion, the presence of hydrocephalus, degree of physical disability and sex, with girls having the poorer outcome.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000175:diagnosis; D014888:Wechsler Scales