Stability of the Gross Motor Function Classification System after single-event multilevel surgery in cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1073-1074

  Mccormick, Anna ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; GAIT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84869187247     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12028     Document Type: Note

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