The neuromotor examination of the preschool child and its prognostic significance

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-188

  Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amiel Tison; Hempel; Neurological examination; Neuromotor behavioral inventory; Preschool age

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRANIAL NERVE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 26444461223     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20069     Document Type: Review

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