Neurological examination in healthy term infants aged 3-10 weeks

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-196

  Guzzetta, Andrea ^a,b   Haataja, Leena ^a,d   Cowan, Frances ^a   Bassi, Laura ^a   Ricci, Daniela ^c   Cioni, Giovanni ^b   Dubowitz, Lilly ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

First trimester; Full term newborns; Neurological assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATURATION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFLEX; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE TONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX;

EID: 17844408458     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082977     Document Type: Article

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