Visual outcome in children with congenital hemiplegia: Correlation with MRI findings

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 184-188

  Mercuri, E ^a,b   Spanò, Maria ^a   Bruccini, Grazia ^a   Frisone, Maria Flavia ^a   Trombetta, J C ^a   Blandino, A ^a   Longo, M ^a   Guzzetta, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia, congenital; MRI; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0029782786     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973784     Document Type: Article

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