Neuropsychological Functioning of Youths With Sickle Cell Disease: Comparison With Non-Chronically Ill Peers
Author(s) -
Robert B. Noll
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/26.2.69
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , neuropsychology , psychosocial , psychology , context (archaeology) , cognition , construct (python library) , stroke (engine) , clinical psychology , disease , neuropsychological assessment , neuropsychological test , cognitive skill , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , paleontology , computer science , engineering , biology , programming language
To compare the neuropsychological functioning of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) with no evidence of overt clinical stroke to that of classmates without a chronic illness matched on gender, race, and age. We examined both overall level of performance and patterns of performance utilizing empirically derived construct scores of key domains of neurocognitive functioning.
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