Does a triplet birth pose a special risk for infant development? Assessing cognitive development in relation to intrauterine growth and mother-infant interaction across the first 2 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 443-452

  Feldman, Ruth ^a,b   Eidelman, Arthur I ^c,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bayley II; Cognitive development; Infant social development; Maternal sensitivity; Multiple birth; Parent infant interaction; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SIBLING; SKILL; TWINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS;

EID: 17844377617     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1137     Document Type: Article

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