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The placenta and neurologic and psychiatric outcomes in the child: Study design mattersMuch information exists about functions of the human placenta and about potential mechanisms by which the placenta may influence human health or disease...
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A comparison of activity, participation and quality of life in children with and without spastic diplegia cerebral palsyNew PageThe aim of this study wa to measure activity, participation and QoL in children with CP and to determine how these differ from a comparable group of...
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Factors associated with respiratory morbidity in children, adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsyThe primary aim of this study is to identify the predictors and prevalence of severe respiratory disease in children, adolescents and young adults with CP.
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An exploration of cerebral palsy aetiology: assisted reproductive technology and congenital anomaliesThis project will explore in detail the role of two known risk factors for cerebral palsy: assisted reproductive technology and congenital anomalies.
The aim of RESP-ACT is to reduce these children’s respiratory hospital admissions and visits to Emergency Department, and to help them and their families to have as the best possible quality of life.
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A systematic review of risk factors for cerebral palsy in children born at term in developed countriesThe aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review in order to identify the risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP) in children born at term.
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The risk of cerebral palsy in survivors of multiple pregnancies with cofetal loss or deathThis study investigated the risks for cerebral palsy in survivors of multiple pregnancies with cofetal loss (< 20 weeks' gestation) or cofetal death...
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What constitutes cerebral palsy in the twenty-first century?The aims of this paper were to (1) define inclusion/exclusion criteria that have been adopted uniformly by surveillance programmes and identify where...
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The cost of respiratory hospitalizations in children with cerebral palsyTo establish the burden of respiratory illness in cerebral palsy (CP) on the Western Australian health care system by quantifying the costs of respiratory hospitalizations in children with CP, compared with non-respiratory hospitalizations.
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Measuring skeletal muscle morphology and architecture with imaging modalities in children with cerebral palsy: a scoping reviewTo investigate the use of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methodologies to assess muscle morphology and architecture in children with cerebral palsy (CP).