Does gestational duration within the normal range predict infant neuromotor development?

Early Human Development

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 659-665

  van Batenburg Eddes, Tamara ^a,b   de Groot, Laila ^c   Arends, Lidia ^a,d   de Vries, Alies ^e   Moll, Henriette A ^b   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Centre for Pediatric Physical Therapy Hoofddorp   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cohort study; Gestational duration; Infant development; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53049083578     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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