Twin gestation and neurodevelopmental outcome in extremely low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wadhawan, Rajan ^a,b   Oh, William ^b,c   Perritt, Rebecca L ^b   McDonald, Scott A ^b   Das, Abhik ^b   Poole, W Kenneth ^b   Vohr, Betty R ^b,c   Higgins, Rosemary D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight infants; Neurodevelopmental impairment; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 61549099341     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1126     Document Type: Article

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