Improved survival in cerebral palsy in recent decades?
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Improved survival in cerebral palsy in recent decades?
SIR–Reid et al. reported on the long-term survival of persons with cerebral palsy in the Australian state of Victoria. They found that rates, predictors, and causes of mortality were in line with reports from other countries. They also found that ‘contrary to expectation, no improvement in survival was seen over the 40 years of the study.’ We wish to raise two issues, possibly related, regardin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0012-1622
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04349.x