CEREBRAL BIRTH CONDITIONS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CEREBRAL DIPLEGIA

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The problem of the neurologic conditions which are found at birth or which give evidence of their presence within a variable time after birth has been the subject of much discussion for many years. The varied names applied to these conditions and the numerous types of pathologic changes which have been reported are evidence of the confusion which exists. Obstetricians, pediatricians, pathologists and neurologists have contributed something from the special points of view of their particular work, but there has been no common agreement among them as to etiology. For the most part the main issue raised by all groups has been the part played by birth injuries in the production of neurologic states, and it is to some particular phases of this problem that my attention has been directed. The questions to be answered are, in the main, whether one must consider fetal diseasesui generis, developmental defects, disorders

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