Cerebral palsy: an overview

K Vitrikas, H Dalton, D Breish - American family physician, 2020 - aafp.org
Cerebral palsy, which occurs in two to three out of 1,000 live births, has multiple etiologies
resulting in brain injury that affects movement, posture, and balance. The movement …

The complex aetiology of cerebral palsy

SJ Korzeniewski, J Slaughter, M Lenski… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most prevalent, severe and costly motor disability of childhood.
Consequently, CP is a public health priority for prevention, but its aetiology has proved …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral palsy: causes, pathways, and the role of genetic variants

AH MacLennan, SC Thompson, J Gecz - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cerebral palsy (CP) is heterogeneous with different clinical types, comorbidities, brain
imaging patterns, causes, and now also heterogeneous underlying genetic variants. Few …

Exercise interventions for cerebral palsy

JM Ryan, EE Cassidy, SG Noorduyn… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from an injury
to the developing brain. It is the most common form of childhood disability with prevalence …

Is maternal influenza or fever during pregnancy associated with autism or developmental delays? Results from the CHARGE (CHildhood Autism Risks from Genetics …

O Zerbo, AM Iosif, C Walker, S Ozonoff… - Journal of autism and …, 2013 - Springer
We analyzed data from case groups of 538 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
and 163 with developmental delays (DD), and from 421 typically developing controls to …

Systematic review and meta-analyses: fever in pregnancy and health impacts in the offspring

JW Dreier, AMN Andersen, G Berg-Beckhoff - Pediatrics, 2014 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Fever during pregnancy has been suspected to harm the
developing fetus. However, until now, no systematic analysis of the available evidence has …

Placental regulation of maternal‐fetal interactions and brain development

EY Hsiao, PH Patterson - Developmental neurobiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A variety prenatal insults are associated with the incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders
such as schizophrenia, autism and cerebral palsy. While the precise mechanisms …

The role of systemic inflammation linking maternal BMI to neurodevelopment in children

JW van der Burg, S Sen, VR Chomitz, JC Seidell… - Pediatric …, 2016 - nature.com
Children of obese mothers are at increased risk of developmental adversities. Maternal
obesity is linked to an inflammatory in utero environment, which, in turn, is associated with …

Risk of cerebral palsy in relation to pregnancy disorders and preterm birth: a national cohort study

H Trønnes, AJ Wilcox, RT Lie… - … Medicine & Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess the risk of developing cerebral palsy in relation to pregnancy disorders and
preterm birth. Method By linking the M edical B irth R egistry of N orway to other national …

Whole-exome sequencing points to considerable genetic heterogeneity of cerebral palsy

G McMichael, MN Bainbridge, E Haan, M Corbett… - Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a common, clinically heterogeneous group of disorders affecting
movement and posture. Its prevalence has changed little in 50 years and the causes remain …