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Specific attention and executive function deficits in the long-term outcome of severe closed head injury

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Thomas Kelly, Professor Janet Eyre

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Abstract

Twenty-eight children (mean age = 10.9 years, SD = 1.9 years) who had experienced a severe closed head injury were assessed for outcome on tests of intelligence, attention and executive function at 1 year post-injury. The children with closed head injury were matched with children from a normative sample for age and intellectual ability. Specific deficits in attention and executive function were found in the closed head injury sample. The importance of including these outcome variables in child neuropsychological assessment is supported.

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Author(s): Kelly TP, Eyre JA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Pediatric Rehabilitation

Year: 1999

Volume: 3

Issue: 4

Pages: 187-192

Print publication date: 01/10/1999

ISSN (print): 1363-8491

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Publisher: Informa Healthcare

PubMed id: 10819431

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