Neurological "soft signs" in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 123-125

  Iannetti, Paola ^a   Mastrangelo, Mario ^a   Di Netta, Sara ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APRAXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33751040276     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557270     Document Type: Editorial

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