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Spastic paralysis

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Spastic paralysis can be from brain disorders such as cerebral palsy, where damage to the brain causes muscle paralysis or weakness.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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