Cerebral palsies
Subtitle: epidemiology and causal pathways
By: Fiona Stanley, Eve Blair, Eva Alberman.
Contributors: Blair, Eve.; Alberman, Eva D.
Series: Clinics in developmental medicine,; no.151
Publisher: Mac Keith; Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Cerebral palsy; Cerebral Palsy -- epidemiology; Cerebral Palsy -- etiology; Cerebral palsied children; Cerebral palsy -- Epidemiology; Cerebral palsy -- Pathophysiology
Genres: epidemiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are the cerebral palsies?; title: The classification of the cerebral palsies; title: How common are the cerebral palsies?; title: Causal pathways to the cerebral palsies : a new aetiological model; title: Causal pathways initiated preconceptionally or in early pregnancy; title: Pathways to cerebral palsy involving very preterm birth; title: Pathways to cerebral palsy involving intrauterine growth restriction; title: Pathways to cerebral palsy involving signs of birth asphyxia; title: The special case of multiple pregnancy; title: Postneonatally acquired cerebral palsy : incidence and antecedents; title: Possibilities for the prevention of the cerebral palsies : social and medical factors; title: Epidemiological issues in evaluating the management of cerebral palsy; title: Towards a new era in cerebral palsy epidemiology?