Reliability of classification of cerebral palsy in low-birthweight children in four countries

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 628-633

  Paneth, Nigel ^a   Qiu, Hong ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter ^b   Saigal, Saroj ^b   Bishai, Sharif ^c   Jetton, James ^a   Den Ouden, Lya ^d   Broyles, Sue ^e   Tyson, Jon ^f   Kugler, Karl ^g  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042827265     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203001142     Document Type: Article

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