Spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: A retrospective review of the effects of intrathecal baclofen

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-61

  Wiens, Helen D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BACLOFEN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031598481     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460869808951127     Document Type: Review

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