The incidence of cerebral palsy

The clinician is often held responsible for obstetric events that are suspected of being related to cerebral palsy. To review the incidence of cerebral palsy and to aid the clinician in this situation, a search of published studies was conducted. Composite rates of cerebral palsy in different birth...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 1992-08, Vol.167 (2), p.417-423
Hauptverfasser:	Rosen, Mortimer G., Dickinson, Janet C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Birth Weight Cerebral palsy Cerebral Palsy - complications Cerebral Palsy - epidemiology Child Child clinical studies Child, Preschool Global Health Humans Incidence Intellectual Disability - complications Intellectual Disability - epidemiology Language and communication disorders Medical sciences mental retardation Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:	The clinician is often held responsible for obstetric events that are suspected of being related to cerebral palsy. To review the incidence of cerebral palsy and to aid the clinician in this situation, a search of published studies was conducted. Composite rates of cerebral palsy in different birth weight infants and cerebral palsy with and without serious mental retardation were calculated. The cumulative incidence rate at the age of 5 to 7 years was 2.7 cases of cerebral palsy for 1000 birth cohorts. Approximately 36% of all cerebral palsy occurred in the infant
ISSN:	0002-9378 1097-6868
DOI:	10.1016/S0002-9378(11)91422-7