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Cerebral palsy, birthweight, and gestation
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Both perinatal death and cerebral palsy are more likely in babies whose birthweight is lower than expected for gestational age but data for lower gestational ages are inadequate. Babies whose birthweight is high for gestational age have an increased risk of perinatal death and possibly of cerebral palsy. Babies who grow slowly in utero are more likely to be born early and therefore weight standards based on birthweight may be too low at earlier gestational ages. In a European collaborative study (
) an attempt has been made to circumvent this difficulty by …