Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extreme-lowbirth-weight infants born between 2001 and 2002

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Chan, Sophelia H S ^a,e   Lee, Florence M Y ^a   Tang, Kitty M L ^a   Wu, Morris M F ^a   Tong, T F ^b   Leung, Lettie C K ^b   Chan, Louis T W ^c   Law, C W ^c   Ho, Y C ^d   Ma, Louis C K ^d  

^a Child Assessment Service

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Hospital Authority

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Infant, premature; Infant, very low birth weight; Neurologic examination

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING LOSS; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 48749133796     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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