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 How is Cerebral Palsy diagnosed? View Question: www.ucp-oc.org

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Physicians diagnose cerebral palsy by looking at the child’s motor skills, medical history, and development. The physician will test reflexes and may look for an unusually early development of hand preference (babies younger than 12 months generally do not show hand preference). Many times, a CT scan or MRI may be ordered to identify possible problems in the brain’s structure; however,...
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