Mental retardation with cerebral palsy (MRCP)
Posted By: MQMT92 on 2008-01-25
In Reply to: Help! s/l MRCP with hypotonia. See inside for more. - charlie
Subject: Mental retardation with cerebral palsy (MRCP)
I've honestly never heard it abbreviated like that, but I did google *MRCP cerebral palsy* and that's what came up. Given the symptom of hypotonia, it definitely makes me think of cerebral palsy. Was there any sort of mental status testing done (just as a check)?
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