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Brain injury in premature infants is of enormous public health importance because of the
large number of such infants who survive with serious neurodevelopmental disability …

Objectives To determine the associations of breast milk intake after birth with neurological
outcomes at term equivalent and 7 years of age in very preterm infants Study design We …

Brain abnormality in surviving premature infants is associated with an enormous amount of
neurodevelopmental disability, manifested principally by cognitive, behavioral, attentional …

OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that the impact of postnatal sepsis/necrotizing
enterocolitis (NEC) on neurodevelopment may be mediated by white matter abnormality …

Premature birth is a major and growing problem. Investigations into neuroanatomical
correlates and consequences of preterm birth are hampered by complex neonatal brain …

Perinatal care advances emerging over the past twenty years have helped to diminish the
mortality and severe neurological morbidity of extremely and very preterm neonates (eg …

A large body of research indicates that children born very preterm are at increased risk for
neurobehavioral impairments; however, research examining outcome for extremely preterm …

Very preterm children are at a high risk for neurodevelopmental impairments, but there is
variability in the pattern and severity of outcome. Neonatal magnetic resonance imaging …

Children born preterm exhibit working memory deficits. These deficits may be associated
with structural brain changes observed in the neonatal period. In this study, the relationship …