Use of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination in infants with cerebral palsy: A critical review of the literature

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 240-245

  Romeo, Domenico M ^a   Ricci, Daniela ^a   Brogna, Claudia ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; HAMMERSMITH INFANT NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 84958636488     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12876     Document Type: Review

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