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 encephalopathic processes | brain damage can be caused by advanced and severe disease states, infections, or as a result of taking certain medications |
| pathophysiology of the encephalopathic processes of cerebral palsy | Prenatal cerebral hypoxia can be responsible for systemic degeneration of immature areas of the brain and can interfere with cell maturation. Physical trauma to the central or peripheral nervous system can occur during the birthing process, with linear and depressed fractures seen in newborn infants when head molding is extreme. |
| pathophysiology of the encephalopathic processes of phenylketonuria. | an inborn error of metabolism characterized by the inability of the body to convert the essential amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine. Causes abnormalities in the development of the CNS, defective myelination, cystic degeneration of the gray and white matter, and disturbances in cortical layers |
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