Minor neurological signs and perceptual-motor difficulties in prematurely born children

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Jongmans, Marian ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^b   De Vries, Linda ^c   Dubowitz, Lilly ^b   Henderson, Sheila E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Follow up; Neurological signs; Perceptual motor difficulties; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0031398209     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.76.1.F9     Document Type: Article

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