The terms diplegia, quadriplegia, and hemiplegia should be phased out

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1070-

  Hurvitz, Edward A ^a   Brown, Susan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEMIPLEGIA; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649398074     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03782.x     Document Type: Letter

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