Brainstem auditory evoked responses alteration in twin neonates.
The authors obtained BAER recordings for 20 premature twins and 20 premature non-twins. The two groups were comparable as to conceptional age (36-37 weeks), gestational age, chronological age, birthweight, sex ratio and head size. The results showed a prolongation of the central conduction time (I-V interval) in the premature twins. This may be due to the intra-uterine growth retardation of twins.
Delorme
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Laboratoire d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Neurosensorielles, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
Collet
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Soares
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Morgon
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Salle
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B
D001724:Birth Weight; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011930:Reaction Time