Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 206-210 , February 2006

Functional status of children after treatment for a malignant tumour of the CNS: a preliminary report

  • Malgorzata Syczewska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Bożena Dembowska-Baginska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Marta Perek-Polnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Danuta Perek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland

Received 25 November 2004 ,Accepted 12 February 2005.

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PII: S0966-6362(05)00025-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.02.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 206-210 , February 2006

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