Korean J Obstet Gynecol.
2007 Sep;50(9):1191-1204.
Current opinion of cerebral palsy
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ohsymd.oh@samsung.com
Abstract
- Despite improvement in perinatal practice during the past several decades, the incidence of cerebral palsy has remained essentially unchanged. The cause of cerebral palsy is thought to be multifactorial, including prematurity, inflammation, genetic cause and environmental factors. Although evidences suggest that 70-80% of cerebral palsy is due to prenatal factors and birth asphyxia plays a relatively minor role (<10%), development of cerebral palsy is frequently attributed to the obstetric misstep. Therefore, it is of critical importance to keeping in touch with recent trend and advances regarding cerebral palsy. In this background, this review was mainly focused on the articles published from Jan 2006 to June 2007, excluding the orthopedic and rehabilitational aspects. The subjects are arbitrary divided into the following four categories; 1) recent epidemiologic studies of cerebral palsy, 2) recent evidences of antenatal risk factors, 3) cerebral palsy and placental pathology, 4) role of MRI in diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
