Motor incoordination in children born preterm: Coordinated efforts needed

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 324-

  Majnemer, Annette ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOTE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248354780     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00324.x     Document Type: Note

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