Abhijay B. Shah
Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India
Publications
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Review Article
Cerebral Palsy: Opinions on Development, Occurrence, Presentation and Management
Author(s): Abhijay B. Shah, Dev Andharia and Dev Desai*
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood disability affecting motor function as a result of injury to the under- developed brain, occurring in 2-3 children in every 1000 live births. However, CP as a disease is been studied well, and understood by the pathologist, general physicians, researchers, obstetricians, and paediatricians. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often associated with disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and be- haviour, epilepsy, and secondary musculoskeletal problems. There are multiple risk factors have been identified for CP in the last decade, likely; premature birth (before 37 weeks) and low birth weight (less than 2.7 KG) these. two are most classically associated with CP. Others include the mother’s systemic illness, substance abuse, maternal undernutrition, Gestational diabetes, excessive bleeding per vagina,.. Read More»