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Periventricular leucomalacia in preterm neonates. Obstetrical factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2000

MV Senat
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hopital de Poissy, Poissy, France
B De Keersmaecker
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hopital de Poissy, Poissy, France
Y Ville
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hopital de Poissy, Poissy, France

Abstract

Cerebral Palsy (CP) describes a group of permanent non progressive but often changing neurological impairement syndromes as assessed at 3 and 5 years of age. The term includes serious motor disorders including spastic diplegia (Little syndrome), hemiplegia and quadriplegia associated with neuropsychological seizures and cognitive impairment due to permanent damage to the immature brain. Fifty percent of CP cases are premature neonates and 25% are very severely premature. There is a significant correlation between CP and brain lesions in the neonatal period among which periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is the most common.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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