Early diagnosis and early intervention in cerebral palsy

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN; DUBOWITZ NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENERAL MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT; HAMMERSMITH INFANT NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT MOTOR PROFILE; MOTOR ASSESSMENT OF INFANCY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEOCORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR INDEX OF THE BAYLEY SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT; TEST OF INFANT MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUWEN INFANT NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84907173407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00185     Document Type: Article

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