Classification and definition of disorders causing hypertonia in childhood

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages e89-e97

  Sanger, Terence D ^a   Delgado, Mauricio R ^b   Gaebler Spira, Deborah ^c   Hallett, Mark ^d   Mink, Jonathan W ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPASTICITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4544345754     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.1.e89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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