[Risk factors and the prevention of early organic brain lesions].

The article deals with those risk factors which play the most significant role in the development of early organic lesions of the brain. Particular attention was paid to teratogenic influence on the fetus in the intrauterine period and during parturition. The authors have outlined the main measures for preventing intrauterine and intrapartal lesions to the nervous system and formulated the priority tasks facing researchers in this area. These are as follows: limitation of pathological impacts on the fetus, improvement in antenatal diagnosis and obstetrical methods, and the development of the differential methods of intensive care of newborns and of the diagnosis and treatment of nervous system impairments at early stages of their development. Development of a comprehensive programme involving representatives from different branches of medical science is considered necessary.