Commentary on the revised versions of the definition and classification of cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 32-

  Alberman, Eva ^a   Mutch, Lesley ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; PREMATURITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BIRTH INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34247887710     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.tb12624.x     Document Type: Note

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