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UKCRC Health Research Classification System

Cerebral palsy and spina bifida

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Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder which can be acquired as a result of conditions in pregnancy, birth or childhood and is therefore coded as Neurological and not Congenital Disorders.

Spina bifida is a developmental birth defect involving the neural tube and is usually coded as Neurological.

 

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