Prognostic factors for poor cognitive development in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight a systematic review

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1162-1172

  Linsell, Louise ^a   Malouf, Reem ^a   Morris, Joan ^b   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^a   Marlow, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VERY PRETERM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84962504464     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.2175     Document Type: Review

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