Usefulness of an early neurofunctional assessment in predicting neurodevelopmental outcome in very low birthweight infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Picciolini, O ^a   Gianni, M L ^b   Vegni, C ^a   Fumagalli, M ^a   Mosca, F ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33644640471     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.073262     Document Type: Article

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