Transillumination of the neonatal skull: Seeing the light

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1271-1272

  Barozzino, Tony ^a   Sgro, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ASPIRATION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DEEP TENDON REFLEX; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYPOREFLEXIA; MORO REFLEX; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHORT SURVEY; SUCKING REFLEX;

EID: 0036435976     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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