title: [Significance of age correction in premature infants].
abstract: Age correction for prematurity is still discussed controversially, however it is now recommended in most studies; the main argument of its opponents is that by an age correction the developmental quotients become inadequately high, i.e. overcorrection, and by this a retardation can be overlooked. For the same reason some authors recommend a partial age correction. According to the results of the Bonn longitudinal study a complete age correction is necessary at least in the first two years because of the very rapid development. By this an overdiagnosis of a retardation is avoided and herewith unnecessary trouble for the family.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde der Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Sticker
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy