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Improvements in obstetrical and neonatal care have led to marked declines in rates of injury and death in mothers and infants. The risk of neurologic disability in infants and children has been reduced through such interventions as the administration of folate to women who are pregnant, immunizations, avoidance of exposure to certain toxic agents, and the proper use of helmets and car seats for infants and older children. Advances in medicine have led to an expectation that we should be able to prevent cerebral palsy, which is the most common form of chronic motor disability in children. But what is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Some Probable Successes

Interventions Based on Potential Causes

Perinatal Stroke

Intrauterine Exposure to Infection

Multiple Pregnancy

Birth Asphyxia

Implications

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From the Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Md.

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