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Antibiotics 'linked to palsy'

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A new study has linked a small number of cases of cerebral palsy to antibiotics given to women in premature labour.

The UK Oracle study found 35 cases of cerebral palsy in 769 children of women given the drugs.

Jane Hughes reports.

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