Does cerebellar injury in premature infants contribute to the high prevalence of long-term cognitive, learning, and behavioral disability in survivors?

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 584-593

  Limperopoulos, Catherine ^a,b   Bassan, Haim ^b   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^c   Robertson Jr , Richard L ^c   Sullivan, Nancy R ^c   Benson, Carol B ^d   Avery, Lauren ^c   Stewart, Jane ^c   Soul, Janet S ^b   Ringer, Steven A ^d   Volpe, Joseph J ^b   Du Plessis, Adré J ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar injury; Developmental; MRI; Outcome; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548383985     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1041     Document Type: Article

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