Psychological Development in Children Born with Very Low Birth Weight after Severe Intrauterine Growth Retardation: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study.

Smedler, Ann-Charlotte; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ449013

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Psychological Development in Children Born with Very Low Birth Weight after Severe Intrauterine Growth Retardation: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study.

Smedler, Ann-Charlotte; And Others

ACTA Paediatrica, v81 n3 p197-203 Mar 1992

Compared 14 healthy children who had low birthweight and were small for their gestational age with 14 control children at 10 years of age. The experimental group scored lower than control children on measures of visuospatial ability, nonverbal reasoning, strategy formation, and gross motor coordination. (BC)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Children, Cognitive Development, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Motor Development, Perceptual Development, Perinatal Influences, Physical Development, Premature Infants, Prenatal Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Sweden (Stockholm)

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