Cerebral palsy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Others=== Infections in the mother, even those not easily detected, can triple the risk of the child developing cerebral palsy.<ref name="ucpref_2004" /> Infection of the fetal membranes known as [[chorioamnionitis]] increases the risk.<ref name="bersani_2012" /> Intrauterine and neonatal insults (many of which are infectious) increase the risk.<ref name="mwaniki_2012" /> [[Rh disease|Rh blood type incompatibility]] can cause the mother's immune system to attack the baby's red blood cells.<ref name="NINDS2013" /> It has been hypothesised that some cases of cerebral palsy are caused by the death in very early pregnancy of an identical twin.<ref name="pmid16354495" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page