Markers of minor brain damage are associated with developmental performance in preschool children.

Participants 72 preschool children at risk of poor development due to maternal placental insufficiency (documented with an abnormal umbilical artery Doppler velocity waveform). Mean age 4 years (range 2–5 years); 53% female. Exclusion criteria were gestational age under 29 weeks at birth; families that did not speak French at home; location outside metropolitan area; chromosome disorders; congenital malformations; consanguinity, and evidence of socio-familial problems such as mental illness, drug addiction, receipt of welfare or physical abuse.