Cerebral palsy: earlier origins. From: Science News | Date: July 12, 1986| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1986 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Cerebral palsy: Earlier origins

Researchers, it now appears, know less than they thought they did about cerebral palsy. While conventional wisdom has linked the neuromotor disorder to traumas suffered during birth, a new report suggests that the path towards the disabling and sometimes fatal syndrome is most often taken closer to the time of conception. Though the finding, reported in the July 10 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, undercuts hopes for obstetric "saves,' knowing what they don't know may redirect researchers and physicians.

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