Survival in cerebral palsy: The role of severity and diagnostic labels

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 376-379

  Williams, Katrina ^a,b   Alberman, Eva ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIMB; MOTOR SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031748362     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb08212.x     Document Type: Article

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