Cerebral palsy: Effects of early brain injury on development

Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology: Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 149-163

  Pirilä, Silja ^a,b   Van Der Meere, Jaap J ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1364-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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