NIDCAP improves brain function and structure in preterm infants with severe intrauterine growth restriction

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 797-803

  Als, H ^a   Duffy, F H ^a   McAnulty, G ^a   Butler, S C ^a   Lightbody, L ^a   Kosta, S ^a   Weisenfeld, N I ^a   Robertson, R ^a   Parad, R B ^b   Ringer, S A ^b   Blickman, J G ^c   Zurakowski, D ^a   Warfield, S K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

APIB; EEG; intrauterine growth restriction; MRI; NIDCAP; preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STRUCTURE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN INDIVIDUALIZED DEVELOPMENTAL CARE AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84867049080     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.201     Document Type: Article

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