The Quality of the Early Motor Repertoire in Preterm Infants Predicts Minor Neurologic Dysfunction at School Age

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bruggink, Janneke L M ^a   Einspieler, Christa ^b   Butcher, Phillipa R ^c   Van Braeckel, Koenraad N J A ^c   Prechtl, Heinz F R ^b   Bos, Arend F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VIDEORECORDING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFANT; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 47649117368     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.12.047     Document Type: Article

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