Spastic diplegia in children with HIV encephalopathy: First description of gait and physical status

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 686-694

  Langerak, Nelleke G ^a,b   du Toit, Jacques ^b   Burger, Marlette ^b   Cotton, Mark F ^c   Springer, Priscilla E ^c   Laughton, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PES EQUINUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ANKLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 84902302926     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12319     Document Type: Article

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