Kindergarten classroom functioning of extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight children
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Seven Years Cognitive Functioning and Early Assessment in Extremely Low Birth Weight Children
Infants born preterm are at high risk for the onset of cognitive dysfunctions at school age. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between early neurodevelopmental assessment and the risk of adverse cognitive outcome in extremely low birth weight children. We enrolled all newborns (January 2002 - April 2007) consecutively admitted to our Institution, with a birthweight < 1000...
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عنوان ژورنال: Early Human Development
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0378-3782
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.09.011