Neuropsychological Outcomes of Preterm Triplets Discordant for Birthweight: A Case Report
| Autor: | Margot D. Ahronovich, Jennifer C. Gidley Larson, Fern R. Litman, Ida Sue Baron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Intelligence Neuropsychological Tests Multiple Gestation Cognition Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Learning Verbal fluency test Attention Child Psychiatry Language Triplets Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Neuropsychology Care center Infant Low Birth Weight medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Premature birth Etiology Educational Status Premature Birth Female Psychology Neurocognitive |
| Zdroj: | The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 21:338-362 |
| ISSN: | 1744-4144 1385-4046 |
| Popis: | Multiple gestation is associated with a higher incidence of preterm birth and preterm birth often results in later neurocognitive and behavioral problems that persist into adulthood. The medical, neurobiological, familial, and socio-environmental factors determinant for an individual are unpredictable. We present neuropsychological data for fraternal triplets discordant for birthweight whose school-age outcome was inconsistent with the low birthweight literature and for whom neurobiological variables appeared especially pertinent. Preterm infants may achieve optimal outcomes, although etiological factors leading to such outcomes may depend heavily on care center variables that limit or avoid intracerebral and other medical complications of prematurity. |
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