Cerebral Palsy
- ISBN-10
- 1420510088
- ISBN-13
- 9781420510089
- Series
- Cerebral Palsy
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 104
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-06-12
- Publisher
- Greenhaven Publishing LLC
- Author
- Barbara Sheen
Description
Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement, muscle tone, or posture that is caused by damage that occurs to the developing brain, most often before birth. This volume examines this condition, and explains diagnosis and treatment. Alternative treatments are explored, and a look forward is provided. Readers will also hear personal stories from sufferers.
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- 2022
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- Paperback
- Springer Nature
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