Medical, cognitive and academic outcomes of very low birth weight infants at age 10–14 years in Ireland

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 525-532

  McNicholas, Fiona ^a,b,c   Healy, Elaine ^d   White, Martin ^b,e   Sherdian Pereira, Margaret ^b,e,f   O’Connor, Niamh ^a   Coakley, Susie ^a   Dooley, Barbara ^c  

^a Lucena Clinic   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Lucena Clinic   (Ireland)

^e Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognitive outcome; Low birth weight; Neuro disability; Prematurity; Preterm; VLBW

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888801626     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-013-1040-9     Document Type: Article

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