Is cerebral palsy associated with birth defects other than cerebral defects?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-258

  Blair, Eve ^a,d   Al Asedy, Falih ^a   Badawi, Nadia ^b   Bower, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Women's and Children's Health Service   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER BIAS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABNORMALITIES; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK; STATISTICS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33947593369     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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