title: [Incidence of cerebral palsy in Himeji City in 1983-1997].
abstract: We retrospectively investigated the incidence, neuroimaging findings, and motor and intellectual disability of infants with cerebral palsy (CP) who were born between 1983 and 1997. The incidence of CP was found to have increased gradually and the major cause was periventricular leukomalacia. The prognosis of preterm infants was better than that of term infants. These findings suggest that the increase in the incidence of CP has been due mainly to changes in medical care for neonates.
authors.affiliation: Himeji City Center for the Handicapped, Himeji, Hyogo. keiko_koterazawa@city.himeji.hyogo.jp
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koterazawa
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nabetani
authors.forename: Hiroyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies