The quality of general movements in the first ten days of life in preterm infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-229

  de Vries, N K S ^a   Bos, A F ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chaotic movements; General movements; Infants; Outcome; Preterm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCITABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF GENERAL MOVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 77953291171     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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