Are there critical periods for brain growth in children born preterm?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Cooke, R W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN PROTECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN PERIOD; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 30344459707     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.077438     Document Type: Article

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