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An investigation including spinal units of 24 countries revealed 187 pregnancies after spinal cord injury and 45 patients who suffered spinal cord injury during pregnancy. Malformations and disabilities occurred only in the latter group (excluding placenta praevia, rhesus-incompatibility). The brain damages can well be seen in connection with the trauma, each one being an example of a different pattern of harm. Premature and small for date children occurred, strikingly, more often in those who conceived after their injury.
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Goller, H. Pregnancy damage and birth-complications in the children of paraplegic women. Spinal Cord 10, 213–217 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1972.36
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