Risk of developmental delay increases exponentially as gestational age of preterm infants decreases: A cohort study at age 4years

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1096-1101

  Kerstjens, Jorien M ^a   De Winter, Andrea F ^b   Bocca Tjeertes, Inger F ^a   Bos, Arend F ^a   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 84869213858     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04423.x     Document Type: Article

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