rss
Arch Dis Child 2010;95:25 doi:10.1136/adc.2009.165225
  • Archivist

Maternal genitourinary infection and cerebral palsy

A meta-analysis of 19 studies in 2000 showed that symptomatic chorioamnionitis in pregnancy was associated with a fivefold increase in risk of cerebral palsy among term infants and a twofold increase among preterm infants. The effect of urinary tract infections in pregnancy on this risk is uncertain. Now a US study (Joshua R Mann and colleagues. Dev …

Register for free content


Free trial
Individuals may register for a free 30 day online trial to all content.

Free archive
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.