Twins and locomotor disorder in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-297

  Pharoah, P O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEATH; CHORION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LOCOMOTION; MICROGYRIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DISEASES IN TWINS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33644939197     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B3.17357     Document Type: Article

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