A changing pattern of cerebral palsy and its implications for the early detection of motor disorders in children.
Hemiplegic cerebral palsy is appearing as the commonest cerebral palsy syndrome found at the Yorkshire Regional Child Development Centre, Leeds, and in the majority of cases does not follow a definable perinatal injury. As a practical consequence of this changing pattern of cerebral palsy a large proportion of these children will now be detected at 'well baby' clinics rather than at hospital neonatal 'at risk' clinics. As lack of awareness of the signs of cerebral palsy in the young infant lead to delay in detection and management, the early signs of congenital hemiplegia are discussed.
D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004739:England; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012306:Risk; D013577:Syndrome