RT Book, Section
A1 Rust, Robert S.
A1 Urion, David K.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7057011
T1 Chapter 554. Cerebral Palsy and Static Encephalopathies
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7057011
RD 2023/06/04
AB By  convention,  the  cerebral  palsies  (CP)  are  nonprogressive  disorders  of  tone,  strength,  movement,  and  posture  due  to  central  nervous  system  (CNS)  injury,  the  consequences  of  which  become  apparent  in  infancy.  The  CNS  lesions  variously  involve  pyramidal  (cortical,  subcortical,  brainstem,  spinal  cord),  extrapyramidal,  or  cerebellar  motor  systems.  The  static  nature  of  the  CNS  lesion  and  public  misunderstanding  of  the  nature  of  CP  has  prompted  the  coining  of  the  not  entirely  synonymous  alternative  designation  static  encephalopathy  (SE).  A  cerebral  palsy  (CP)  is  a  static  encephalopathy  (SE)  in  which  motor  dysfunction  must  be  present,  although  individuals  may  also  manifest  disorders  of  intellect,  attention,  memory,  sensory,  autonomic,  and  other  neurologic  modalities.  They  may  also  be  at  risk  for  epilepsy  and  for  dysfunction  of  respiratory,  gastrointestinal,  and  other  nonneural  systems.1-6