Handicap and social status of adults with spina bifida cystica
AUTOR(ES)
Evans, Kathleen
RESUMO
The present physical handicaps and social status of 202 survivors of spina bifida cystica attending The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street before 1954 are described. Ninety-three of the patients, mostly with uncomplicated meningocele, had escaped serious disability and were living normal lives. But 109 had a serious disability, including three who are mentally retarded.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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