Anthropometric measurements to identify undernutrition in children with cerebral palsy
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Risk factors of undernutrition in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to investigate the nutritional status of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and to identify the risk factors of undernutrition. METHODS Seventy-five spastic CP children, 47 boys and 28 girls, (ages, 5 months to 10 years) underwent anthropometric assessment, including body weight, recumbent length, and knee height. Their functional status, medical co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0012-1622,1469-8749
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14225