HYPOTONIC CEREBRAL PALSY IN MENTAL DEFECTIVES

[摘要] The relative importance of the hypotonic type of cerebral palsy among the mentally defective is stressed. This type of cerebral palsy manifests itself in either of three clinical pictures with some overlapping, namely, atonic, ataxic and athetoid. The etiology is variable in each of these groups and may be effective in either the prenatal, paranatal or postnatal periods.The severity of the mental defect, the high incidence of convulsive disorders, and the tendency toward microcephaly point towards the widespread nature of the pathologic process regardless of etiology.The syndrome of atonic diplegia, as herein described, is probably invariably associated with the more severe degrees of mental deficiency.

[学科分类] 儿科学