Temporal and demographic trends in cerebral palsy - Fact and fiction

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 628-633

  Clark, Steven L ^a   Hankins, Gary D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONICS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037341323     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.204     Document Type: Review

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