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cerebral palsyAny nonprogressive abnormality of the brain occurring during or shortly after birth. It is caused by oxygen deprivation, injury during birth, haemorrhage, meningitis, viral infection, or faulty development. The condition is characterized by muscle spasm, weakness, lack of coordination, and impaired movement; or there may be spastic paralysis, with fixed deformities of the limbs. Intelligence is not always affected. Premature babies are at greater risk of being born with cerebral palsy, and in 1996 US researchers linked this to low levels of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. |
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Energy cost index as an estimate of energy expenditure of cerebral-palsied children during assisted ambulation. 1985, the first part of Storytelling opens as the passion wanes between a pink-tinted blonde, Vi (Selma Blair), and her cerebral-palsied classmate/lover, Marcus (Leo Fitzpatrick): "The pleasure isn't there anymore," the fledgling CP writer glumly observes. Energy cost index as an estimate of energy expenditure of cerebral-palsied children during assisted ambulation. |
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