Congenital hemiplegia in children at school age: Assessment of hand function in the non-hemiplegic hand and correlation with MRI

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-13

  Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   Jongmans, Marian ^b   Bouza, Helen ^a   Haataja, Leena ^a   Rutherford, Mary ^a   Henderson, Sheila ^b   Dubowitz, Lilly ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hand function; Hemiplegia; Movement ABC; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032957013     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973449     Document Type: Article

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