Comparison of different systems to classify the neurological level of lesion in patients with myelomeningocele

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 796-805

  Bartonek, Åsa ^a   Saraste, Helena ^a   Knutson, Loretta M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032700482     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001607     Document Type: Article

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