Guideline: Kids with small head size at risk of neurologic problems, screening needed
Monday, September 14, 2009 - 15:56
in Health & Medicine
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly that is, children whose head size is smaller than that of 97 percent of childrenare at risk of neurologic and cognitive problems and should be screened for these problems.