What constitutes cerebral palsy?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 520-527

  Badawi, Nadia ^a,c   Watson, Linda ^a   Petterson, Beverly ^a   Blair, Eve ^a   Slee, Jennie ^a   Haan, Eric ^b   Stanley, Fiona ^c  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW;

EID: 0031718487     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15410.x     Document Type: Review

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