title: [Early intervention in infants with intrauterine growth retardation: its effects on neuropsychological development].
abstract: Forty-eight term infants in a tertiary center in Puerto Rico during 1985-86 were monitored prospectively since birth completing a neuropsychological evaluation using the Mental Developmental Index of Bayley Scales. All infants were free from perinatal complications and chronic diseases by clinical evaluation. 25 infants with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and 23 adequate for gestational age (AGA) infants were evaluated. Fourteen IUGR infants were controls and eleven IUGR infants were intervened. However, all AGA infants were used as controls. Mother-infant relationship at one month was scored and none of intervened infants had poor neuropsychological behavior with normal or near normal MDI values. Other relationships and possible explanations are discussed in the article.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Padín-Rojas
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: García Coll
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varcárcel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000150:complications; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014743:Videotape Recording
vernacular_title: Intervención temprana en infantes con retraso en crecimiento intrauterino: sus efectos en el desarrollo neuropsicológico.