Abstract
Thirty eight children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy underwent MRI at the age of 5 years and more. Twenty nine showed correlates of periventricular leucomalacia, which were found especially in preterms (20 out of 21) but also in 9 of 15 fullterms without birth asphyxia. These findings suggest compromising events in the peri- and neonatal period especially in preterms and prenatal 3rd trimenon compromise in most of the fullterms without birth asphyxia.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Brain / abnormalities
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Brain / physiopathology
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Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis
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Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology*
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Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
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Cerebral Hemorrhage / physiopathology
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Cerebral Palsy / diagnosis
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Cerebral Palsy / physiopathology*
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cysts / diagnosis
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Cysts / physiopathology
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Dominance, Cerebral / physiology*
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Leukomalacia, Periventricular / diagnosis
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Leukomalacia, Periventricular / physiopathology*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
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Male
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Muscle Spasticity / diagnosis
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Muscle Spasticity / physiopathology