Population
25,736 live-born children in Malmö during the 10-year period 1973-1982, of which 48 were neonatally…
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Alerts clinicians to lifelong handicap risk; leaves open optimal prevention strategies pending interventional trials.
Obstetric brachial plexus palsy occurs in 0.19% of live births, with 25% of affected children experiencing persistent palsy and lifelong handicap.
Sjöberg et al. (1988) studied this question.
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