Raju Tonse N K
Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, CDBPM, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892-MS7510, USA.
Clin Perinatol. 2006 Jun;33(2):233-50. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2006.03.006.
This essay presents the early history on the evolution of concepts about the etiology of cerebral palsy, especially the contributions of the early pioneers. Insight into how they derived their hypotheses, including the errors they made, can help one understand the complex processes of deciphering etiologic associations.