Kids with small head size at risk of neurologic problems, screening needed
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
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. The guideline is published in the 15 September issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...
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