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. 1979 Jun;25:732–736.

The Need for Improved Perinatal Care in Prevention of Cerebral Palsy

John S Whittaker, Graham W Chance
PMCID: PMC2383016  PMID: 21297710

Abstract

Of 314 children assessed at the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre during 1975-77, 84% had cerebral palsy resulting from potentially preventable perinatal factors. The importance of risk scoring in pregnancy is stressed, as is the necessity for referral to a well equipped perinatal centre when problems are anticipated. The majority of children in this study were born in centres where these facilities were not available.

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