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Previous Volume 339:1484 November 12, 1998 Number 20

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By Geoffrey Miller and Gary D. Clark. 368 pp. Boston, Butterworth–Heinemann, 1998. $75. ISBN 0-7506-9964-7.

Sometimes the taxi driver knows the diagnosis. Before the child arrives for his developmental evaluation, the driver is thinking, "This kid has cerebral palsy." But recognizing cerebral palsy is not always so easy. It is even more difficult to articulate its characteristics, define its boundaries, and understand its causes and consequences. What characterizes the motor impairment we call cerebral palsy? The answer lies in the developing brain.

Cerebral palsy is a chronic, nonprogressive disorder that results from an abnormality of or injury to the developing brain. The Cerebral Palsies: Causes, Consequences, and Management meticulously details the various mechanisms of brain . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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