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The Definition of Cerebral Palsy

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Cerebral palsy (CP) should not be considered as a diagnosis but as a label; it is an umbrella term. The definition is not sufficiently precise to guarantee agreement as to which patients to include under this label, but the additional inclusion criteria required are not yet internationally standardised.

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  1. Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

    Eve Blair

  2. Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Grenoble, France

    Christine Cans

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  1. Division of Paediatric Neurology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Division of Paediatric Neurology, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Christos P. Panteliadis

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Blair, E., Cans, C. (2018). The Definition of Cerebral Palsy. In: Panteliadis, C. (eds) Cerebral Palsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67858-0_2

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