An early marker for neurological deficits after perinatal brain lesions

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9062, 1997, Pages 1361-1363

  Prechti, Heinz F R ^a   Einspieler, Christa ^a   Cioni, Giovanni ^b   Bos, Arend F ^c   Ferrari, Fabrizio ^d   Sontheimer, Dieter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d University Hospitals   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030962609     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)10182-3     Document Type: Article

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