Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , January 2006

Feasibility of bioelectrical impedance analysis in children with a severe generalized cerebral palsy

  • Rebekka Veugelers, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Intellectual Disability Medicine, Department of General Practice, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center—Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Corine Penning, M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Intellectual Disability Medicine, Department of General Practice, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center—Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +0031-10-463-2123; fax: +0031-10-463-2127.
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  • Michiel E. van Gulik, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Intellectual Disability Medicine, Department of General Practice, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Dick Tibboel, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center—Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Heleen M. Evenhuis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Intellectual Disability Medicine, Department of General Practice, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 7 November 2004 ,Accepted 3 May 2005.

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 This study was financially supported by The Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development.

PII: S0899-9007(05)00228-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.05.005

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , January 2006

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