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Neuromuscular Disorders

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The diagnosis of cerebral palsy is a clinical one, consisting of the clinical history of the mother and infant and the pediatric and neurological examination of the infant. The diagnosis is dependent on two key findings: evidence of nonprogressive damage to the developing brain and the presence of a resulting impairment of the motor (neuromuscular) control system of the body, the latter usually accompanied by a physiological impairment and functional disability.

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  1. Departments of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

    Alan J. Lerner MD

  2. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

    Alan J. Lerner MD

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(2006). Neuromuscular Disorders. In: Lerner, A.J. (eds) Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-078-2_12

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