Aetiological factors predisposing to cerebral palsy were investigated in 190 children with this condition seen in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia since January 1980. Ninety-four (49.5\%) of the cases were natal in origin, 63 (33.1\%) prenatal and 33 (17.4\%) postnatal. Anoxia was the most common aetiological factor, accounting for 38 cases (20\%), followed by prematurity in 18 (9.5\%). These two factors combined accounted for 29.5\% of all cases and 59.5\% of those in the natal group. Idiopathic cases, the third largest group, accounted for 9.0\%. Certain factors were shown to predispose to specific neurological deficits, the majority of the 190 patients being spastic diplegic (31\%) or quadriplegic (26.3\%). Saudi Arabia is going through a process of massive economic, social and medical progress. In view of improvements in all these areas and of other factors, a change in the pattern of incidence of cerebral palsy in Saudi Arabia is expected in the future.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Rifai1984
%A el Rifai, M. R.
%A Ramia, S.
%A Moore, V.
%D 1984
%J Ann Trop Paediatr
%K Age Factors; Anoxia; Central Nervous System; System Diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Saudi Arabia; Sex Factors
%N 1
%P 7--12
%T Cerebral palsy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: I. Aetiological factors.
%V 4
%X Aetiological factors predisposing to cerebral palsy were investigated in 190 children with this condition seen in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia since January 1980. Ninety-four (49.5\%) of the cases were natal in origin, 63 (33.1\%) prenatal and 33 (17.4\%) postnatal. Anoxia was the most common aetiological factor, accounting for 38 cases (20\%), followed by prematurity in 18 (9.5\%). These two factors combined accounted for 29.5\% of all cases and 59.5\% of those in the natal group. Idiopathic cases, the third largest group, accounted for 9.0\%. Certain factors were shown to predispose to specific neurological deficits, the majority of the 190 patients being spastic diplegic (31\%) or quadriplegic (26.3\%). Saudi Arabia is going through a process of massive economic, social and medical progress. In view of improvements in all these areas and of other factors, a change in the pattern of incidence of cerebral palsy in Saudi Arabia is expected in the future.
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abstract = {Aetiological factors predisposing to cerebral palsy were investigated in 190 children with this condition seen in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia since January 1980. Ninety-four (49.5\%) of the cases were natal in origin, 63 (33.1\%) prenatal and 33 (17.4\%) postnatal. Anoxia was the most common aetiological factor, accounting for 38 cases (20\%), followed by prematurity in 18 (9.5\%). These two factors combined accounted for 29.5\% of all cases and 59.5\% of those in the natal group. Idiopathic cases, the third largest group, accounted for 9.0\%. Certain factors were shown to predispose to specific neurological deficits, the majority of the 190 patients being spastic diplegic (31\%) or quadriplegic (26.3\%). Saudi Arabia is going through a process of massive economic, social and medical progress. In view of improvements in all these areas and of other factors, a change in the pattern of incidence of cerebral palsy in Saudi Arabia is expected in the future.},
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keywords = {Age Factors; Anoxia; Central Nervous System; System Diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Obstetric Labor Complications; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Saudi Arabia; Sex Factors},
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title = {Cerebral palsy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: I. Aetiological factors.},
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