Asphyxia and Cerebral Palsy
Abstract
Abstract Sir.—Your publication of the article by Naeye and Peters1 in the October 1989 issue of AJDC is puzzling. Although presumably written to add clarity to the debate on the role of birth asphyxia as a cause of cerebral palsy (CP), this article offers us a fair measure of further confusion. The article by Naeye and Peters presents analysis of a data set that has already undergone very sophisticated analysis by Nelson and Ellenberg2,3 and Freeman and Nelson.4 Assuming that Drs Naeye...