What causes cerebral palsy?: A genetic or familial component now looks likely

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rosenbaum, Peter ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR CONTROL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TWINS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84904349814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4514     Document Type: Editorial

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