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'''Diplegia''', when used singularly, refers to [[paralysis]] affecting one part of the body and the corresponding part on the other side of the body — usually both legs. It should not be confused with [[paraplegia]], which is a form of paralysis affecting the entire body. 

[[Spastic diplegia]] is a condition of [[neuromuscular]] [[hypertonia]] primarily in the muscles of the legs, hips, and pelvis, and is a form of [[cerebral palsy]]. Correspondingly, [[spastic paraplegia]] refers to hypertonia affecting the entire body.

For example, facial diplegia occurs in 50% of patients with [[Guillain-Barre Syndrome]].

==See also==
*[[Triplegia]]

==External links==
* {{Dorlands|d_21|12299284}}


{{Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes}}

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