Cerebral palsy: Effects of twinning, birthweight, and gestational age

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Williams, Katrina ^a,c   Hennessy, Enid ^a   Alberman, Eva ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Cerebral palsy; Gestational age; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030279732     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.3.F178     Document Type: Article

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