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Cerebral Palsy

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life. The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common. The motor disorder may range from difficulties with fine motor control to severe spasticity (see MUSCLE SPASTICITY) in all limbs. Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.16606, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16606
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: speech difficulty; spino-cerebellar degeneration; and athetoid cerebral palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.17058, 1956-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17058
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; spastic diplegia; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1958

PR2.19211, 1958-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19211
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral palsy; dystonic movements; intellectual disability; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1961

PR2.20394, 1959-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20394
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: behaviouristic abnormalities; headaches; epilepsy; and cerebral palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1962