The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 4 , Pages 466-472.e1 , October 2008

An Algorithm for Identifying and Classifying Cerebral Palsy in Young Children

  • Karl C.K. Kuban, MD, SMEpi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Karl Kuban, MD, One Boston Medical Center Place, Dowling 3 South, Boston, MA 02118
    • ,
  • Elizabeth N. Allred, MS

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Michael O'Shea, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Nigel Paneth, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University-Sparrow Medical Center, East Lansing, MI
    • ,
  • Marcello Pagano, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Alan Leviton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • ELGAN Study Cerebral Palsy-Algorithm Group

      Affiliations

    • List of members of ELGAN Study Cerebral Palsy-Algorithm Group available at www.jpeds.com.

Received 26 October 2007 ,Revised 20 February 2008 ,Accepted 2 April 2008.

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 Financial support for this research was provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Cooperative agreement: 1 U01 NS 40069-01A2). The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.013

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