Assessment of General Movements in Relation to Neurologic Signs at Age Two Years

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Sustersic, Breda ^a   Paro Panjan, Darja ^b  

^a Health Center   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47049093163     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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