Greta, what stat method(s) are you using?
Bobby
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From: "greta von der luft" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: HUUH???????? Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to
cerebral palsy?????????????
I HATE STATISTICS.
I have 104 kiddos am in the data analysis phase hence the all caps statement
above.
They, my PhD committee, want me to defend in March/April be done by June
2006. The end is in sight. However, I still hate all things dealing with
numbers right now.
Thank you for asking,
Greta
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From: Susan Moskowitz<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: HUUH???????? Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to
cerebral palsy?????????????
I am not offended by any of your comments. How is your research
project
going?
Susan
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From: "greta von der luft" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: HUUH???????? Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to
cerebral palsy?????????????
> Yes. Exposure to viruses either prenatally (first trimester?), =
> antenatally (mom has a dormant or active virus at or around birth =
> especially if present in birth canal) or post natally (within the first
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> month? of life) has been linked to CP. This has been posed/researched =
> within the past three to five years....
>
> pub med search, pathophysiology and CP would probably give you this and
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> other scary links...=20
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> The gift of life without disabilities is even more precious than you may
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> think....
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> I do not mean to offend anyone that has CP. I do not mean to imply that
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> their lives are not precious and were not gifts. Nor am I trying to be =
> religious....
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> I will sign off before I offend anyone else...
>
> Greta
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> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:47 AM
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> cerebral palsy?????????????
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> Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to cerebral palsy
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> Reuters
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> Friday, January 06, 2006
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> Exposure to certain viral infections around the time of birth is =
> linked to
> cerebral palsy, Australian scientists say. Findings by researchers at
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> the
> University of Adelaide suggest that neurotropic infections, which =
> include the
> herpes viruses, mumps and measles, could trigger brain damage and =
> cerebral
> palsy, a group of disorders that impairs the control of movement. "The
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> risk of
> cerebral palsy is nearly doubled with exposure to the herpes B =
> viruses,"
> Catherine Gibson, a research fellow at the university, said in a =
> report in The
> British Medical Journal. But she added other factors such as a =
> susceptibility to
> infection or prematurity may be needed for the disorder to develop. =
> Ms. Gibson
> and her team analyzed blood samples taken within a few days of birth =
> from 443
> children with cerebral palsy and 883 other babies. They found that =
> herpes B
> viruses were found more frequently in children later diagnosed with =
> cerebral
> palsy. Neurotropic viruses can cross the placenta and infect the baby
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> shortly
> before or after birth. The researchers said the likelihood of the =
> mother's
> infection crossing into the fetus depends on the virus, whether the =
> infection is
> recurrent and the age of the fetus at the time of the infection.
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> C National Post 2006
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