Academic achievement of adolescents born with extremely low birth weight

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1240-1245

  Litt, Jonathan S ^a   Gerry Taylor, H ^b   Margevicius, Seunghee ^b   Schluchter, Mark ^b   Andreias, Laura ^b   Hack, Maureen ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescent; Executive function; Extremely low birth weight infant; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84869050443     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02790.x     Document Type: Article

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