Definition and classification of CP: Medical-legal and service implications

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 42-

  Mantovani, John F ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSKINESIA; DYSPRAXIA; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALPRACTICE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247892495     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.tb12628.x     Document Type: Note

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