The later neurodevelopmental progress of 15 babies who had neonatal periventricular echodensities or flares in the absence of any intraventricular bleeding or subsequent cystic degeneration was studied. At follow up four infants had neurological abnormalities, including spastic diplegia (n = 2). These findings suggest that transient flares may represent mild periventricular leucomalacia with co...

Ever since Little described cerebral palsy in 1862' treatment has been given-by both rational and irrational methods-in the hope that physical improvement will occur and the child will be able to walk. In those with diplegia, though progress is slow and often tedious, the posture usually improves, balance matures, and walking may be possible by the age of 2 or 3. Beyond this age different treat...