Plantar response profile of high-risk infants at one year of life

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 514-517

  Zafeiriou, Dimitrios I ^a   Tsikoulas, Ioannis G ^b   Kremenopoulos, Georgios M ^b   Kontopoulos, Eleftherios E ^b  

^a Child Neurologist   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 0032818641     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400806     Document Type: Article

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