Inattention in very preterm children: Implications for screening and detection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 834-839

  Brogan, Ellen ^a   Cragg, Lucy ^b   Gilmore, Camilla ^c   Marlow, Neil ^d   Simms, Victoria ^e,f   Johnson, Samantha ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TEACHER; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VERY PRETERM CHILD;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; NEONATOLOGY; NEURODEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84906933900     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305532     Document Type: Article

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