Comparison of chronological and corrected ages in the gross motor assessment of low-risk preterm infants during the first year of life

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 B, 2006, Pages 418-425

  Restiffe, Ana Paula ^a,b   Gherpelli, José Luiz Dias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Low birth weight infant; Motor activity; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747395135     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000300013     Document Type: Article

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