Cerebral palsies : epidemiology and causal pathways
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Cerebral palsies : epidemiology and causal pathways
(Clinics in developmental medicine, no. 151)
Mac Keith Press , Distributed by Cambridge University Press, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-238) and index
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Description
This is a totally new clinical text about the commonest physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still on epidemiology. In Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology and Causal Pathways the authors offer: * Guidance on how best to study causes * Advice on how to use the massive amount of information available internationally * Novel ways to collect and analyse data * A complete review of all published data on trends in the cerebral palsies * New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies which suggest possible new prevention pathways * A chapter devoted to systematic management of the cerebral palsies This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.
Table of Contents
- Glossary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What are the cerebral palsies?
- 3. The classification of the cerebral palsies
- 4. How common are the cerebral palsies?
- 5. Causal pathways to the cerebral palsies: a new aetiological model
- 6. Causal pathways initiated preconceptionally or in early pregnancy
- 7. Pathways to cerebral palsy involving very preterm birth
- 8. Pathways to cerebral palsy involving intrauterine growth restriction
- 9. Pathways to cerebral palsy involving signs of birth asphyxia
- 10. The special case of multiple pregnancy
- 11. Postneonatally acquired cerebral palsy: incidence and antecedents
- 12. Possibilities for the prevention of the cerebral palsies: social and medical factors
- 13. Epidemiological issues in evaluating the management of cerebral palsy
- 14. Towards a new era in cerebral palsy epidemiology?
- Appendix
- References
- Index.
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