Executive function deficit in preschool children born very low birth weight with normal early development

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Ni, Tzu Lo ^a   Huang, Chao Ching ^b   Guo, Nai Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Development; Executive function; Preterm; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT SECOND EDITION II; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSIVE NONVERBAL ATTENTION TEST BATTERY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; KNOX CUBE TEST; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLANNING; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TOXEMIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE REVISED; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751612602     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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