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Cerebral Palsy Learning Center
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Getting the proper prenatal care may reduce the risk of some rare causes of cerebral palsy. However, dramatic improvements in care over the last 15 years have not reduced the rate of cerebral palsy. In most cases, the injury causing the disorder m...
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Research in the early 2000s is focused on the possible benefits of recognizing and treating coagulopathies and inflammatory disorders in the prenatal and perinatal periods in order to reduce the incidence of CP and other congenital diseases. The u...
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Several maternal-to-fetal cross infections are known to increase the risk for CP, including rubella (German measles, now rare in the United States), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and toxoplasmosis. Each of these infections is considered a risk to the fet...
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The cause of most cases of CP is unknown, but it has become clear in recent years that birth difficulties are not to blame in most cases. Developmental problems before birth, usually unknown and generally undiagnosable, are responsible for most ca...
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Prenatal care describes the health and supportive services provided to a woman during her pregnancy. Prenatal care generally consists of an ordered series of visits to health professionals, with the visits occurring monthly early in the pregnancy ...
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Prenatal care is that health care given to a pregnant woman and to the developing fetus until the time of delivery.
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