title: Cognitive abilities and lipomyelomeningocele.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Shurtleff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: 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*