Speech and language development of children born at ≤ 32 weeks' gestation: A 5-year prospective follow-up study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 380-387

  Luoma, Laila ^a,c   Herrgård, Eila ^a   Martikainen, Anneli ^a   Ahonen, Tirno ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 2642649498     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb08213.x     Document Type: Article

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