Overview

 

    I  Epidemiological challenges

    II Trends in selected neurodisabilities

    • Birth defects
      • – NTD
      • – Chromosomal defects
      • – Cong hypothyroidism
         
    • Intellectual disabilities
    • Epilepsies
    • Cerebral palsies
    • autism

    III Population changes known to be influencing trends

    • Increased perinatal survival
    • Screening
    • Maternal age
    • Multiple births
    • Periconceptional folate consumption
    • Other social changes

    IV Implications for research and prevention

PREVALENCE OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

L'AUGMENTATION DE L'INCIDENCE DES TROUBLES NEUROLOGIQUES D'ORIGINE PERINATALE
Professor Fiona Stanley, Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia www.ichr.uwa.edu.au