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Genetics, not lack of oxygen, causes cerebral palsy in quarter of cases

May 7, 2024 by

The world's largest study of cerebral palsy (CP) genetics has discovered genetic defects are most likely responsible for more than a quarter of cases in Chinese children, rather than a lack of oxygen at birth as previously thought.

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