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Old 03-20-2011, 10:58 PM   #6
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Default Re: help with A&P homework

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Originally Posted by MiamiE View Post
My wife saw this and thinks some sort of hypoxic event had to happen for her to have cerebral palsy. Could have happened during pregnancy or after she was born. She is thinking a brain tumor.
Hypoxia is a very rare cause of CP and would typically result in much more rapid onset immediately following birth than showing these signs at a year of age. Higher risk factors are premature births and defects in the brain during development in the womb.
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