Late preterm infants have worse 24-month neurodevelopmental outcomes than term infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Woythaler, Melissa A ^a   McCormick, Marie C ^b,c   Smith, Vincent C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Developmental disabilities; Follow up studies; Infant; Postnatal development; Premature; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952207458     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3598     Document Type: Article

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