Diagnostic approach to neonatal hypotonia: Retrospective study on 144 neonates

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-523

  Laugel, Vincent ^a,b   Cossée, Mireille ^a   Matis, Jacqueline ^a   De Saint Martin, Anne ^a   Echaniz Laguna, Andoni ^a   Mandel, Jean Louis ^a   Astruc, Dominique ^a   Fischbach, Michel ^a   Messer, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Central hypotonia; Diagnostic algorithm; Neonatal hypotonia; Peripheral hypotonia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SYNDROME;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41049101654     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0539-3     Document Type: Article

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