Minor neurological dysfunction, cognitive development and somatic development at the age of 3 to 11 years in very-low-birthweight infants with transient periventricular echodensities

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1577-1581

  Kutschera, Joerg ^a   Tomaselli, Johanna ^a   Maurer, Ute ^a   Pichler, Gerhard ^a   Schwantzer, Gerold ^a   Urlesberger, Berndt ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Minor neurological dysfunction; Transient periventricular echodensities

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAW A MAN TEST; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; KAUFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSIENT PERIVENTRICULAR ECHODENSITIES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE;

EID: 33845268846     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250600643236     Document Type: Article

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