Socio-clinical issues in cerebral palsy in Sagamu, Nigeria

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 120-124

  Ogunlesi, Tinuade ^a   Ogundeyi, Mojisolo ^a   Ogunfowora, Olusoga ^a   Olowu, Adebiyi ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING DISORDER; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; KERNICTERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NIGERIA; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPASTICITY; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 77953438409     PISSN: 19943032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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