Cognitive abilities and lipomyelomeningocele.
Ten children with lipomyelomeningocele were evaluated with the WISC--R, the Wide Range Achievement Test--Revised, the Developmental Test of Visual-motor Integration, and the Child Behavior Checklist. These children were consecutive referrals to a birth defects clinic. Unlike their meningomyelocele counterparts, as a group these children appear to be average in their intellectual, academic, and behavioral characteristics. However, they exhibited low average perceptual motor skills, a feature more commonly seen in meningomyelocele.
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Section of Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Shurtleff
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Shaffer
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D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008067:Lipoma / Q000523:psychology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012447:Sacrum; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000523:psychology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*