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What do you suggest if my son diagnosed with ataxia cerebral palsy, anyone has this or do you know what's the long term?

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Dr. Johanna Fricke answered

Specializes in Pediatrics - Developmental and Behavioral

Prognosis depends : on type, size & location of brain injury , severity & extent of lack of coordination & hypotonia - low muscle tone, co-existing conditions - Intellectual Disability, Seizures, impaired vision &/or hearing, & enrollment in Early Intervention Therapies. MRI of the brain, genetic testing - Chromosomal Microarray, physical & neurological exams are all needed to try to predict level of function.

Answered 11/7/2014

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