Popliteal angle of Low Birth Weight infants during the first year of life

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-246

  Kato, Toru ^a,b   Okumura, Akihisa ^a,b   Hayakawa, Fumio ^c   Itomi, Kazuya ^a   Kuno, Kuniyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^d  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^d AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLIABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1842829042     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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