A prospective study of mental and motoric development in premature children with a birth weight less than 2000 grammes. The prognostic value of pathological neurological signs.
As a conclusion I will say that a careful and repeated neurological examination enables us to make an early diagnosis of brain damage in premature children, but neither the history of the neonatal period, the separate clinical signs, nor the study of the psycho-motoric development is conclusive for the diagnosis. The prognosis seems to be good if the neonatal period is without abnormalities.
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000175:diagnosis