Infant sex, obstetric risk factors, and 2-year neurodevelopmental outcome among preterm infants

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 518-525

  Spinillo, Arsenio ^a   Montanari, Laura ^a   Gardella, Barbara ^a   Roccio, Marianna ^a   Stronati, Mauro ^b   Fazzi, Elisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67049119860     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03273.x     Document Type: Article

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