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 childrenare at risk of neurologic and cognitive problems and should be screened for these problems.

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