Article Topic:: Cerebral palsy Name of the Author: Maria A. AlShurman Keywords: cerebral palsy, overview, epidemiology ,causes, pathogenesis, outcomes, complications An overview and epidemiology: The definition of Cerebral Palsy has been a dilemma in medical literature since it doesn’t have a specific age limit of the time the brain insult occurred, nor the age of onset of motor disorder (1). However, the international panel agreed on a definition in 2006 : “cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation , that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in […]

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