Pediatric Neurology
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 177-180 , March 2010

CP or Not CP? A Review of Diagnoses in a Cerebral Palsy Register

  • Rosa Zarrinkalam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, The Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
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  • Remo N. Russo, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, The Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    • Flinders School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Russo; Director, Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, The Women's and Children's Hospital, King William Road, North Adelaide, SA 5006, Australia.
    • ,
  • Catherine S. Gibson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Cerebral Palsy Register, The Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    • ,
  • Phillipa van Essen, MPH

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Cerebral Palsy Register, The Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    • ,
  • Ann K. Peek

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Cerebral Palsy Register, The Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    • ,
  • Eric A. Haan, BMedSc, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • South Australian Clinical Genetics Service-SA Pathology, The Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Received 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 2 September 2009.

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PII: S0887-8994(09)00433-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.09.001

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 177-180 , March 2010

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