Research progress of genes of cerebral palsy

VernacularTitle:脑性瘫痪基因研究进展
Author: Xinyang ZHANG ; Zhimei JIANG ; Zhihai LYU ; Wei PANG ; Jin GUO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Cerebral palsy; Virulence gene; Masquerader
From: Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2015;30(23):1835-1837
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common activity limitition of children, their movement and posture impairments persist throughout whole life.In recent years, CP has been significantly increasing with the improved survival rate of newborns.This may lead to a great burden and costs to both the family and the society.A variety of risk factors have been proposed to be associated with CP.However, recent abroad researches indicate that genetic factors may predispose to CP of newborns and initial results of related researches infer that several susceptibility genes may contribute to CP's development, masqueraders have a great impact on CP's clinical symptoms.Now, the recent publications related to virulence genes and masqueraders of CP are reviewed.