Cerebral Palsies - Epidemiology and Causal Pathways

Klappentext This is a new specialist reference on the most common physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It reviews published data on trends! presents thinking on causal pathways in the cerebral palsies suggesting means of prevention! and reviews management options. It is an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Eva Alberman, Eve Blair, Fiona Stanley, Fiona Blair Stanley, Fiona J. Stanley, STANLEY FIONA BLAIR EVE ALBERMAN
• Publisher: MacKeith Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2007
• EAN: 9781898683209
• ISBN: 978-1-898683-20-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Clinics in Developmental Medic
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine