Clinical profile, predisposing factors, and associated co-morbidities of children with cerebral palsy in South India
Author(s) -
Vykuntaraju K. Gowda,
Anil Kumar,
SanjayK Shivappa,
PraveenKumar Srikanteswara,
Shivananda,
MS Mahadeviah,
M Govindraj,
Premalatha Ramaswamy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.159191
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , cerebral palsy , jaundice , etiology , prospective cohort study , physical examination , low birth weight , birth weight , failure to thrive , asphyxia , sepsis , perinatal asphyxia , pregnancy , surgery , physical therapy , biology , genetics
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disorder of children. Causes like jaundice and birth injury though are decreasing; complications resulting from the survival of low birth weight babies are replacing some of the older etiologies. Hence, this study was planned.
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