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Pediatric Movement Disorders - Anatomy and Physiology at Movement Disorder Virtual University

Merck Manuals Online Medical Library - Normal Values for Range of Motion of Joints

Medline Plus - NIH - U.S. National Library Encyclopedia - Definition - Failure to Thrive

Central Nervous system at MedlinePlus - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine - Definition - Brain components -

Abdominal ultrasound at MedlinePlus - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine - Definition and description of Abdominal Ultrasound Procedure

Dysphagia at The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library - Definition - Complications

National Library of Medicine - National Institute of Health - PubMed Article Abstract: Floppy infant syndrome - Review - On long-term follow up, cerebral palsy and mental retardation turn out to be the 2 most common causes of FIS. This review focuses on neuromuscular causes of FIS. With the advent of molecular diagnosis, a few conditions can be diagnosed by DNA analysis of the peripheral lymphocytes (myotonic dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy); however, for the most part, electrodiagnostic studies and muscle biopsy remain as essential diagnostic tools for FIS.

National Library of Medicine - National Institute of Health - PubMed Abstract - Brain magnetic resonance imagine in suspected extrapyramidal cerebral palsy; observations in distinguishing genetic-metabolic from acquired causes

National Library of Medicine - National Institute of Health PubMed Abstract - Extrapyramidal cerebral palsy: a changing view - Earlier surveys of cerebal palsy characterized patients with extrapyramidal (choreoathetoid) cerebral palsy as having little cognitive impairment and few associated deficits. Anoxia, which has now replaced neonatal hyperbilirubinemia as a major cause of this type of cerebral palsy, predictably produces a diffuse type of brain damage.

Hypotonia Definition and Causes at MedlinePlus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine

Speech and language therapy to improve the communication skills of children with Cerebral Palsy - This is a Cochrane review abstract and plain language summary, prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration, currently published in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010 Issue 9, Copyright © 2010 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.. The full text of the review is available in The Cochrane Library

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