[Pre-, peri- and and postnatal prevention of major neuropediatric handicaps in Sweden (author's transl)].

The actual distribution and panorama changes of neuropediatric handicaps in Sweden as well as modern aspects on prevention are presented. The following conclusions are drawn. Preventive programs directed towards brain damaging factors occurring after the neonatal period are more or less completed. Further gains, however moderate, should be attainable perinatally. The largest number of unsolved problems and today the most challenging, refer to secondary fetal brain dysfunction during the prenatal period, particularly the 3rd trimester.