Extremely premature (≤ 800 g) schoolchildren: Multiple areas of hidden disability

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Whitfield, Michael F ^a   Grunau, Ruth V Eckstein ^a   Holsti, Liisa ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; Extremely low birthweight; Learning disorder; Motor skills; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031420360     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.77.2.F85     Document Type: Article

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