Cerebral palsy linked to genetic anomalies

Monday, August 3, 2015 - 09:10 in Health & Medicine

Cerebral palsy, the most common cause of physical disability in children, has long been thought to result from brain injury in the fetus. But new Canadian research is challenging that notion, finding that at least one in 10 cases likely has an underlying genetic cause.

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