Preterm birth and developmental problems in the preschool age. Part I: Minor motor problems

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2154-2159

  Ferrari, Fabrizio ^a   Gallo, Claudio ^a   Pugliese, Marisa ^a   Guidotti, Isotta ^a   Gavioli, Sara ^a   Coccolini, Elena ^a   Zagni, Paola ^a   Della Casa, Elisa ^a   Rossi, Cecilia ^a   Lugli, Licia ^a   Todeschini, Alessandra ^a   Ori, Luca ^a   Bertoncelli, Natascia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minor motor problems; Neurological follow up; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL QUALITY OF GENERAL MOVEMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPLEX MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CRANIAL ULTRASOUND; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MINOR MOTOR PROBLEM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSTURAL INSTABILITY; PRECHTL METHOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIMPLE MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; TOUWEN INFANT NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSIENT DYSTONIA; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84867541970     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.696164     Document Type: Review

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