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January 24, 2013Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology1,520 citations

An update on the prevalence of cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

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MOMaryam OskouiFCFranzina CoutinhoJDJonathan Dykeman

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  • This research examines trends in the prevalence of cerebral palsy and how it relates to the survival of preterm infants.
  • Conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Analyzed studies on cerebral palsy prevalence
  • Included data from recent years
  • Overall prevalence of cerebral palsy remains constant in recent years
  • Increased survival rates of at-risk preterm infants do not affect prevalence

Abstract

The overall prevalence of CP has remained constant in recent years despite increased survival of at-risk preterm infants.

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Oskoui et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e8a7302dc000418124367bhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12080
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