Age-related walking in children with spina bifida

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 446-449

  Williams, Elizabeth N ^a   Broughton, Nigel S ^b   Menelaus, Malcolm B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINA BIFIDA; THORACIC SPINE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WALKING;

EID: 0032993273     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000985     Document Type: Article

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