Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 4 , Pages 225-229 , April 2010

The quality of general movements in the first ten days of life in preterm infants

  • N.K.S. de Vries

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Leeuwarden Medical Center, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 888, 8901 BR Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 058 2863381; fax: +31 058 2863390.
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  • A.F. Bos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 1 December 2009 ,Revised 11 March 2010 ,Accepted 16 March 2010.

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PII: S0378-3782(10)00075-7

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.03.004

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 4 , Pages 225-229 , April 2010

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