Using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale to early identify very low-birth-weight infants with cystic periventricular leukomalacia

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Wang, Lin Yu ^a,b   Wang, Yu Lin ^a   Wang, Shan Tair ^c   Huang, Chao Ching ^b,d  

^a Chei Mei Medical Center   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cystic periventricular leukomalacia; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872309675     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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