Cerebral palsy, spastic, diplegic: Brain damage that involves muscle rigidity that occurs either in both arms or in both legs. The brain damage is often the result of a birth defect or some sort of trauma to the brain. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cerebral palsy, spastic, diplegic is available below.
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Cerebral palsy, spastic, diplegic is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cerebral palsy, spastic, diplegic, or a subtype of Cerebral palsy, spastic, diplegic,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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