Cerebral Palsy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 188-195

  Kuban, K C K ^a   Leviton, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028091074     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199401203300308     Document Type: Review

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