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Cerebral Palsy Detection: from John Little to the Present

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As for many essential aspects of human life, William Shakespeare wrote an outstanding description of a person affected by cerebral palsy (CP), through the words uttered by the Duke of Gloucester, future King Richard III, by which he hints at his condition as being related to prematurity and respiratory disorders.

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  1. Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Stella Maris Scientific Institute, Pisa

    Giovanni Cioni & Paola B. Paolicelli

  2. Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa

    Giovanni Cioni

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Cioni, G., Paolicelli, P.B. (2010). Cerebral Palsy Detection: from John Little to the Present. In: The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1478-7_1

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