Developmental medicine and child neurology
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Dev Med Child Neurol · Feb 2013
Perinatal risk factors for neurocognitive impairments in preschool children born very preterm.
This study aimed to compare a broad array of neurocognitive functions (processing speed, aspects of attention, executive functioning, visual-motor coordination, and both face and emotion recognition) in very preterm and term-born children and to identify perinatal risk factors for neurocognitive dysfunctions. ⋯ Very preterm children are at risk for problems on a broad array of neurocognitive functions. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is an independent risk factor for impaired neurocognitive functioning.