Behavioral Effects of Early Focal Brain Damage

Abstract

Thirty-nine children, 4-15 years of age, were evaluated using the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist parent questionnaire to assess behavioral or emotional problems resulting from pre- or perinatal unilateral brain damage, in a study at UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA.

Keywords

• behavioral or emotional problems
• hemisphere
• focal brain damage