Reassessment on the development of children with disability in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-20

  Tan, Kok Leong ^a,c   Yadav, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Child disability; Developmental reassessment; Schedule of Growing Scale (SGS) II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA;

EID: 49649115291     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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