Hip displacement and scoliosis in Rett syndrome - screening is required

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-98

  Tay, Guan ^a   Graham, Heather ^a   Graham, H Kerr ^a,b,c   Leonard, Helen ^d   Reddihough, Dinah ^a,b,c   Baikie, Gordon ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SCOLIOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETT SYNDROME; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 73249120808     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03359.x     Document Type: Article

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