Identifying functional deficits in persons living with developmental disability: Examples with cerebral palsy or spina bifida

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 30-34

  Fenter, Paula Click ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 34547560191     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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