Psychiatric outcomes in low-birth-weight children at age 6 years: Relation to neonatal cranial ultrasound abnormalities

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 847-856

  Whitaker, Agnes H ^a,b   Van Rossem, Ronan ^a,c   Feldman, Judith F ^a   Schonfeld, Irvin Sam ^d   Pinto Martin, Jennifer A ^e   Torre, Carolyn ^a   Shaffer, David ^a   Paneth, Nigel ^f  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIC;

EID: 0030832109     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830210091012     Document Type: Article

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