Impact of Improved Survival of Very Low Birth Weight Infants on Recent Secular Trends in the Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy

Bhushan, Vidya; Paneth, Nigel; Kiely, John

doi:10.1542/peds.91.6.1094

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Impact of Improved Survival of Very Low Birth Weight Infants on Recent Secular Trends in the Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jun 1, 1993

Authors:

Vidya Bhushan

Nigel Paneth

John Kiely

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To review recent secular trends in the prevalence of cerebral palsy in industrialized countries that have population-based cerebral palsy registries and to estimate such time-trends for the United States, where until recently such registries were absent. DATA SOURCES: Recent epidemiologic...

Subject

Cerebral palsy

Medicine

Low birth weight

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