Prevalence of ceebral palsy in the West of Ireland 1990-1999

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 892-895

  Mongan, Deirdre ^a   Dunne, Kevin ^a   O'Nuallain, Sinead ^b   Gaffney, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Early Childhood Services   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRELAND; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SPASTICITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33750185775     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001952     Document Type: Article

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