Cerebral palsy and multiple births

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Pharoah, P O D ^a   Cooke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Low birthweight; Multiple births; Singletons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 0030280219     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.3.F174     Document Type: Article

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