Diseases

Cerebral Palsy

A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life. The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common. The motor disorder may range from difficulties with fine motor control to severe spasticity (see MUSCLE SPASTICITY) in all limbs. Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms. Pathologically, this condition may be associated with LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR. (From Dev Med Child Neurol 1998 Aug;40(8):520-7)

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A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life. The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common. The motor disorder may range from difficulties with fine motor control to severe spasticity (see MUSCLE SPASTICITY) in all limbs. Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms. Pathologically, this condition may be associated with LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR. (From Dev Med Child Neurol 1998 Aug;40(8):520-7)

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  • CP (Cerebral Palsy)
  • Cerebral Palsy, Athetoid
  • Cerebral Palsy, Atonic
  • Cerebral Palsy, Congenital
  • Cerebral Palsy, Diplegic, Infantile
  • Cerebral Palsy, Dyskinetic
  • Cerebral Palsy, Dystonic-Rigid
  • Cerebral Palsy, Hypotonic
  • Cerebral Palsy, Mixed
  • Cerebral Palsy, Monoplegic, Infantile
  • Cerebral Palsy, Quadriplegic, Infantile
  • Cerebral Palsy, Rolandic Type
  • Cerebral Palsy, Spastic
  • Congenital Cerebral Palsy
  • Diplegia, Spastic
  • Diplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy
  • Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Diplegic
  • Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Monoplegic
  • Infantile Cerebral Palsy, Quadriplegic
  • Little Disease
  • Little's Disease
  • Monoplegic Cerebral Palsy
  • Monoplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy
  • Quadriplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy
  • Rolandic Type Cerebral Palsy
  • Spastic Diplegia
  • Athetoid Cerebral Palsy
  • Atonic Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebral Palsies, Athetoid
  • Cerebral Palsies, Dyskinetic
  • Cerebral Palsies, Dystonic-Rigid
  • Cerebral Palsies, Monoplegic
  • Cerebral Palsy, Dystonic Rigid
  • Cerebral Palsy, Monoplegic
  • Diplegias, Spastic
  • Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy
  • Dystonic-Rigid Cerebral Palsies
  • Dystonic-Rigid Cerebral Palsy
  • Hypotonic Cerebral Palsies
  • Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy
  • Mixed Cerebral Palsies
  • Mixed Cerebral Palsy
  • Monoplegic Cerebral Palsies
  • Spastic Cerebral Palsies
  • Spastic Cerebral Palsy
  • Spastic Diplegias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not index under MUSCLE SPASTICITY unless especially discussed & then only NIM

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cerebral Palsy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002547. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002547
  2. Cerebral Palsy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy
  3. Cerebral Palsy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210427