Bangladesh Cerebral Palsy Register (BCPR): A pilot study to develop a national cerebral palsy (CP) register with surveillance of children for CP

BMC Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Khandaker, Gulam ^a   Smithers Sheedy, Hayley ^a   Islam, Johurul ^b   Alam, Monzurul ^b   Jung, Jenny ^c   Novak, Iona ^a   Booy, Robert ^a   Jones, Cheryl ^d   Badawi, Nadia ^e   Muhit, Mohammad ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f Research Methodology Tools and Systems   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cerebral palsy; Childhood disability; Register

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BANGLADESH CEREBRAL PALSY REGISTER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BANGLADESH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84942238888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0427-9     Document Type: Article

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