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| Cerebral Palsy : Article by Christine Thorogood, MD Cerebral Palsy - Cerebral palsy is a static encephalopathy caused by an insult to the brain during the prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal period. Cerebral palsy can lead to global dysfunction but always includes motor problems.Cerebral palsy has been traditionally classified on the basis of the type of motor disorder, with variable numbers and descriptions of types. The revised classification now in use defines 3 main categories of motor disorder: (1) spastic (70-80%), (2) dyskinetic (10-15%), and (3) ataxic ( |

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| Clinical Trials Related to Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Related to Cerebral Palsy from ClinicalTrials.gov. ClinicalTrials.gov is a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, developed by the National Library of Medicine. |