Visual-motor function of very low birth weight and full-term children at 3 1/2 to 4 years of age

Early Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Liebhardt, Gisela ^a   Sontheimer, Dieter ^b   Linderkamp, Otwin ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental follow up; Fine motor deficits; Low birth weight; Nursery school; Visual motor skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NURSERY SCHOOL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033989834     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(99)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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