Early markers for unilateral spastic cerebral palsy in premature infants: Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 186-187

  Einspieler, Christa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSKINESIA; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPASTIC PARESIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 42049112017     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0745     Document Type: Short Survey

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