How and why hyperbaric oxygen therapy can bring new hope for children suffering from cerebral palsy - an editorial perspective

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-76

  Efrati, Shai ^a,b   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a,b,c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 84899452833     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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