Bilateral spastic cerebral palsy--pathogenetic aspects from MRI.
Thirty eight children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy underwent MRI at the age of 5 years and more. Twenty nine showed correlates of periventricular leucomalacia, which were found especially in preterms (20 out of 21) but also in 9 of 15 fullterms without birth asphyxia. These findings suggest compromising events in the peri- and neonatal period especially in preterms and prenatal 3rd trimenon compromise in most of the fullterms without birth asphyxia.
Krägeloh-Mann
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Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Tübingen.
Hagberg
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Petersen
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Riethmüller
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Gut
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Michaelis
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D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology