Title: Premature Birth and Cerebral Palsy | CerebralPalsy.orgCerebralPalsy.org
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Content: For the study researchers studied 849 singleton babies with Cerebral Palsy and 616,658 singleton children without, who survived the neonatal period during 1996 to 2006. For more information, visit Mediators of the association between pre-eclampsia and Cerebral Palsy: population based cohort study. Cerebral Palsy Risk Factors
Were you or your child at risk – before, during or after your child’s birth? Cerebral Palsy risk factors are events, substances or circumstances that increase the chances of a child developing Cerebral Palsy. They can be avoidable, or unavoidable. A risk factor does not ensure a child will develop Cerebral Palsy; it means chances are higher than if that risk factor was not present. Likewise, the absence of risk factors does not ensure that a child will not develop Cerebral Palsy. Have you been exposed to the following risk factors?