Birth Weight and Gestational Age in Children With Cerebral Palsy or Seizure Disorders

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 1044-1048

  Ellenberg, Jonas H ^a   Nelson, Karin B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; SEIZURE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018643915     PISSN: 00968994     EISSN: 23742976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100068014     Document Type: Article

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