The profile of executive function in very preterm children at 4 to 12 years

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-253

  Aarnoudse Moens, Cornelieke S H ^a   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^b   Weisglas Kuperus, Nynke ^a   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^c,d   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^e  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84857030087     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04150.x     Document Type: Article

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