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A recent study indicates that a low Apgar score at birth could indicate that a baby may have a cerebral palsy birth injury that may not be diagnosed until later in childhood. Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health found that there is a strong link between a low score on the Apgar test and a later diagnosis of cerebral palsy for the child. The Apgar test is a simple scoring of a baby’s vitality taken minutes after birth. Cerebral palsy is caused by some sort of injury to an infant’s brain that occurs before, during or shortly after birth. If an infant’s brain is deprived of oxygen it can cause irreversible damage including loss of motor function, developmental problems and other lifelong disabilities associated with Cerebral Palsy. There are different types and conditions associated with cerebral palsy, low Apgar scores have been associated with all types of spastic…
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