Prevalence of abnormal general movements in three-month-old infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Bouwstra, Hylco ^a   Dijk Stigter, Geerteke R ^b   Grooten, Hedwig M J ^c   Janssen Plas, Femke E M ^d   Koopmans, Alice J ^d   Mulder, Christien D ^b   van Belle, Ans ^e   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Ouder en Kindzorg   (Netherlands)

^c GGD Groningen   (Netherlands)

^d Thuiszorg De Friese Wouden   (Netherlands)

^e Thuiszorg Het Friese Land   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General movements; Infant; Neurodevelopment; Prevalence; Well baby clinic

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

HUMANS; INFANT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67349102289     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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