A Twin Study of Cognitive Costs of Low Birth Weight and Catch-up Growth

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-32

  Estourgie van Burk, G Frederiek ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^b   Hoekstra, Rosa A ^b   Polderman, Tinca J C ^b   Delemarre van de Waal, Henriette A ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 57249094334     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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