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How do you decide when to pursue genetic testing for cerebral palsy?
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Neurology · Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Unless there is a very obvious cause that has a very low likelihood of a genetic etiology (e.g., neonatal meningitis, embolic stroke from a discovered source, etc.), I almost always perform genetic testing. Even cases of presumed HIE can have an underlying genetic contributor that increased the risk...