Perinatal brachial plexus palsy

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Andersen, John ^a   Watt, Joe ^a   Olson, Jaret ^a   Van Aerde, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Delivery; Fetus; Newborn; Palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CINAHL; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBASE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDLINE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROLYSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SPINAL CORD LESION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

EID: 33645469285     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/11.2.93     Document Type: Review

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