| Autor: |
Isabel Pimenta Spínola Castro, Marcos Borato Viana |
| Jazyk: |
portugalština |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), Vol 95, Iss 4, Pp 451-457 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2255-5536 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jpedp.2018.08.005 |
| Popis: |
Objective: To evaluate the cognitive abilities of children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia diagnosed through neonatal screening and to compare them with healthy controls, adjusting the results to their socioeconomic status. Methods: Cognitive assessment was performed with the Wechsler WISC‐III scale in 64 children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia and in 64 controls matched by gender and age, without the disease and without neurological impairment; socioeconomic status was measured by the Criterion Brasil. Results: All cognitive scores were lower in the group of patients. The mean overall IQ, Verbal IQ, and Performance IQ were, respectively, 90.95 for the group of patients and 113.97 for the controls (p |
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