Neurological examination in the healthy term newborn

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 A, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Pedroso, Fleming S ^a,c   Rotta, Newra T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neurologic examination; Newborn; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRANIAL NERVE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TENDON REFLEX; THORAX;

EID: 0037684942     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000200001     Document Type: Article

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