Division of Pediatric Neurology, Indiana University, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Opinion
Causes of hemiplegic cerebral palsy and its management
Author(s): Pascal David*
A retrospective population-based study of 169 instances with
hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) from the South-western Swedish
health care region covering the birth years 1969-1978 was
conducted. The goal was to look at the prevalence, aetiology, and
neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm and full-term babies,
as well as correlate pathogenetic periods, etiological factors, and
clinical parameters to neuroradiology. The frequency was 0.66 per
1000 between the ages of 6 and 15. Postnatally acquired hemiplegia
accounted for 11% of the total, with the majority of cases being
postinfectious, iatrogenic, or posttraumatic. Prenatal (primarily
circulatory brain lesions and maldevelopments) was the aetiology
in 42 percent of term children with congenital hemiplegia (pre
and perinatally derived), combined pre and perinatal in 9 percent,
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