Is the girl with Rett syndrome normal at birth?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-121

  Leonard, Helen ^a   Bower, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETT SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0031937997     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15371.x     Document Type: Article

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