A systematic review of risk factors for cerebral palsy in children born at term in developed countries

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 499-508

  McIntyre, Sarah ^a,b,c   Taitz, David ^c   Keogh, John ^d   Goldsmith, Shona ^b,c   Badawi, Nadia ^a,b,c,e   Blair, Eve ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL DISEASE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERM BIRTH;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MATERNAL AGE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84876851810     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12017     Document Type: Review

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