Is hemiplegic cerebral palsy equivalent to amblyopia of the corticospinal system?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-503

  Eyre, Janet A ^a,d   Smith, Martin ^a   Dabydeen, Lyvia ^a   Clowry, Gavin J ^a   Petacchi, Eliza ^b,c   Battini, Roberta ^b   Guzzetta, Andrea ^b   Cioni, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 35348852433     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21108     Document Type: Article

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