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Infection and cerebral palsy
1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 77030, USA. lgilstra@obg.med.uth.tmc.edu
Seminars in Perinatology
|July 25, 2000
Abstract:
Recent data suggest a possible association of infection and cerebral palsy. The objective of this article is to examine the relationship between intrauterine infection, fetal infection, and long-term neurological dysfunction. In some children maternal infection is associated with brain white matter damage, periventricular leukomalacia, and cerebral palsy.