Early motor development of blind children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 226-229

  Levtzion Korach, O ^a,c   Tennenbaum, A ^a   Schnitzer, R ^b   Ornoy, A ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blind children; Motor delay; Motor development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BLINDNESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034078303     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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