Relationships between Somatic Growth and Cognitive Functioning in Young Children with Sickle Cell Disease | Zendy

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Relationships between Somatic Growth and Cognitive Functioning in Young Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Author(s) -

Eve S. Puffer,

Jeffrey Schatz,

Courtney Roberts

Publication year - 2009

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/jsp124

Subject(s) - neurocognitive , cognition , anthropometry , body mass index , disease , cognitive development , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , medicine , cognitive decline , psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , dementia

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) exhibit poor somatic growth due to nutritional and metabolic effects, but potential relationships between growth and other areas of development are unclear. We examined whether growth is related to cognition and whether growth might be one marker of neurocognitive risk.

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