Cerebral palsy: Not always what it seems

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 356-360

  Gupta, R ^a   Appleton, R E ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ATAXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 0035513658     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.85.5.356     Document Type: Article

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