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PATHOLOGIC BACKGROUND OF CEREBRAL DIPLEGIA

PATHOLOGIC BACKGROUND OF CEREBRAL DIPLEGIA The problem of the cerebral birth palsies remains in a state of confusion, despite the many investigations on the subject. One reason lies in the fact that not enough cognizance has been taken of the probability that there are many different causes and pathologic substrata for conditions which appear clinically similar. Another reason is that it has been extremely difficult to discriminate between congenital and acquired lesions in many cases of early involvement. Finally, there has frequently been confusion between cause and lesion; this has resulted in an effort to assign to a single clinical group a single cause. For this reason we have chosen to study the cerebral diplegias as representing a unit in the entire group of cerebral birth palsies, hoping at least to clarify thereby the pathologic background of such conditions and possibly at the same time to indicate the etiologic factors in some instances. A study http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

PATHOLOGIC BACKGROUND OF CEREBRAL DIPLEGIA

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1938 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1938.01980080127010
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Abstract

The problem of the cerebral birth palsies remains in a state of confusion, despite the many investigations on the subject. One reason lies in the fact that not enough cognizance has been taken of the probability that there are many different causes and pathologic substrata for conditions which appear clinically similar. Another reason is that it has been extremely difficult to discriminate between congenital and acquired lesions in many cases of early involvement. Finally, there has frequently been confusion between cause and lesion; this has resulted in an effort to assign to a single clinical group a single cause. For this reason we have chosen to study the cerebral diplegias as representing a unit in the entire group of cerebral birth palsies, hoping at least to clarify thereby the pathologic background of such conditions and possibly at the same time to indicate the etiologic factors in some instances. A study

Journal

American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Feb 1, 1938

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