The plantar response in normal newborn infants

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 649-652

  Jaynes, Margaret E ^a,b   Gingold, Monique K ^a,b   Hupp, Ashley ^c   Mullett, Martha D ^b   Bodensteiner, John B ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030732872     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703601106     Document Type: Article

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