National Institutes of Health Report on Causes of Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy.

Discusses the results of a survey on the factors associated with brain disorders among children. Causes of severe mental retardation; Discussion on cerebral palsy; Information on women at high risk for bearing a neurologically handicapped child; Challenges in detecting asphyxia; Discussion on the level of certainty about the prenatal and perinatal causes of most neurological disorders.