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Hemiplegia

Background

Childhood hemiplegia is a condition affecting one side of the child's body. It is caused by damage to some part of the brain, which may happen before, during or soon after birth, when it is known as congenital hemiplegia; or later, as a result of accident or illness, when it is known as acquired hemiplegia. The condition affects approximately one child in a thousand.

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Medical text written October 1999 by Hemi-Help. Approved October 1999 by Professor Robert Goodman. Last reviewed January 2009 by Professor Robert Goodman, Professor of Brain and Behaviour, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.

 

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