Causes of excess mortality in cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 580-585

  Strauss, David ^a   Cable, William ^b   Shavelle, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fairview Developmental Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032833916     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001216229900122X     Document Type: Article

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