The relationship of apgar score to neurologic handicap: A survey of clinicians

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 547-550

  Paneth, Nigel ^a,b,c   Fox, Harold E ^a,b,c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; SHORT SURVEY;

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0020540555     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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