Can We Prevent Cerebral Palsy?
- 30 October 2003
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 349 (18) , 1765-1769
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsb035364
Abstract
This Sounding Board article reviews the available evidence and concludes that — at least at present — cerebral palsy is not preventable in the vast majority of cases.Keywords
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