A 9-year old boy with a history of large perinatal stroke, infantile spasms, and high academic achievement

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 444-446

  Golomb, Meredith R ^a,b   Carvalho, Karen S ^a   Garg, Bhuwan P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DYSARTHRIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE;

EID: 21044447405     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200051001     Document Type: Article

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