Prevalence of cerebral palsy in Slovenia: Birth years 1981 to 1990

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 459-463

  Kavčič, Anamarija ^a   Perat, Milivoj Veličković ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SLOVENIA; SPASTICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2642642113     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15396.x     Document Type: Article

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