title: Cerebral palsy in Al-Quseir City, Egypt: prevalence, subtypes, and risk factors.
abstract: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent cause of motor handicap. The present door-to-door survey was conducted in Al-Quseir City, Egypt, to investigate the epidemiology of CP. All inhabitants were screened by three neurologists. Medical and neurological examinations were performed for all residents and suspected cases of CP were confirmed by meticulous neurological assessment, brain magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography, and testing with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Forty-six of 12,788 children aged ≤18 years were found to have CP, yielding a childhood prevalence of 3.6 (95% confidence interval 1.48-2.59) per 1,000 live births. Five adults (aged 19-40 years) among 13,056 inhabitants had CP, giving an adult prevalence of 0.4 (95% confidence interval 0.04-0.72) per 1,000. The risk factors for CP identified in this study were premature birth, low birth weight, neonatal jaundice, neonatal seizures, and recurrent abortion in mothers of children with CP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hamdy N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: El-Tallawy
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Wafaa Ma
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Farghaly
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ghaydaa A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Shehata
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Tarek A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rageh
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, El Azhr University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Nabil A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Metwally
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Reda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badry
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sohag University, Solag, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed Am
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sayed
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abd El Hamed
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, El Azhr University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abd-Elwarth
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Assiut University, Assiut Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kandil
keywords: Egypt; cerebral palsy; prevalence; risk factors; subtypes