Developmental and neurological progress of preterm infants with intraventricular haemorrhage and ventricular dilatation.
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Developmental and neurological progress of preterm infants with intraventricular haemorrhage and ventricular dilatation.
A prospective neurological and developmental assessment was completed at ages 6, 9, and 12 months on 39 preterm infants under 34 weeks' gestation. In the newborn period each infant had an assessment of gestation and sequential neurological and ultrasound examinations and was placed in one of three groups: intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) (n = 14), IVH followed by ventricular dilatation (n = 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.57.10.748