Early medical and behavioral characteristics of NICU infants later classified with ASD

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-467

  Karmel, Bernard Z ^a   Gardner, Judith M ^a   Meade, Lauren Swensen ^a   Cohen, Ira L ^b   London, Eric ^b   Flory, Michael J ^a   Lennon, Elizabeth M ^a   Miroshnichenko, Inna ^a   Rabinowitz, Simon ^a   Parab, Santosh ^a   Barone, Anthony ^a   Harin, Anantham ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive and motor impairments; Neurodevelopment; NICU; Outcomes of high risk infants; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956283880     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2680     Document Type: Article

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