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Infections May Underlie Cerebral Palsy

An abundance of immune proteins in the blood of newborns who would later suffer cerebral palsy suggests that fetal infections may cause the disease.

 

References:

Nelson, K.B. . . . J.K. Grether, et al. 1998. Neonatal cytokines and coagulation factors in children with cerebral palsy. Annals of Neurology 44(October):665.

 

Further Readings:

Grether, J.K., and K.B. Nelson. 1997. Maternal infection and cerebral palsy in infants of normal birth weight. Journal of the American Medical Association 278(July 16):207.

Koppe, J.G. 1996. Prevention of brain haemorrhage and ischaemic injury in premature babies. Lancet 348(July 27):208.

Kuban, K.C.K., and A. Leviton. 1994. Cerebral palsy. New England Journal of Medicine 330(Jan. 20):188.

Sternberg, S. 1996. Magnesium may stave off cerebral palsy. Science News 150(Dec. 14):372.

 

Sources:

Judith K. Grether
California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
California Department of Health Services
1900 Powell Street, Suite 1050
Emeryville, CA 94608-1811

Karl C. Kuban
Tufts University and Floating Hospital Children
Medford, MA 02150

Karin B. Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Neuroepidemiology Branch
7550 Wisconsin Avenue
Room 714
Bethesda, MD 20892-9130

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 244. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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