The General Movements in children with Down syndrome

Early Human Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-130

  Mazzone, Luigi ^a   Mugno, Diego ^a   Mazzone, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Down syndrome; General Movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SCORING SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 8444234239     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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