Corpus callosum size in children with spastic cerebral palsy: Relationship to clinical outcome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-374

  Kułak, Wojciech ^a   Sobaniec, Wojciech ^a   Kubas, Bozena ^a   Walecki, Jerzy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Corpus callosum; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL; SPASTICITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 34250342596     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807300537     Document Type: Article

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