Development of a regional cohort of very-low-birthweight children at six years: Cognitive abilities are associated with neurological disabilty and social background

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-108

  Dammann, Olaf ^a   Walther, Heike ^a   Allers, Barbara ^a   Schröder, Mechthild ^a   Drescher, Johannes ^a   Lutz, Dieter ^a   Veelken, Norbert ^a   Schulte, Franz Josef ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030024949     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12081.x     Document Type: Article

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