Postnatal cerebral infection leading to hemiplegic cerebral palsy: Clinical description of 13 children in Stockholm, Sweden

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 338-347

  Tillberg, Elsa ^a   Radell, Ulrika ^a   Amark P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Associated impairments; Cerebral palsy; Hemiplegia; Infection; Non affected side

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SWEDEN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 39349100841     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701463829     Document Type: Article

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