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  • Title: Childhood bacterial meningitis: impact of age at illness and acute medical complications on long term outcome.
    Author: Anderson V, Bond L, Catroppa C, Grimwood K, Keir E, Nolan T.
    Journal: J Int Neuropsychol Soc; 1997 Mar; 3(2):147-58. PubMed ID: 9126856.
    Abstract:
    This study compared postmeningitic children (N = 130) with grade and sex matched controls (N = 130) selected from target children's schools on measures of intellectual, linguistic, learning, and reading skills. Results showed that children with a history of meningitis are at greater risk for impairment in these areas, with experience of the disease prior to 12 months of age being an important risk factor. Within the postmeningitic sample presence of medical complications was associated with poorer verbal abilities. Finally, a significant relationship was identified between depressed language skills and later educational difficulty, with these findings interpreted with respect to both developmental and neuropsychological principles.
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