Many children born very preterm (≤32 weeks) experience significant cognitive difficulties, but the biological basis of such problems has not yet been determined. Functional MRI studies have implicated altered functional connectivity; however, little is known regarding the spatiotemporal organization of brain networks in this population. We provide the first examination of resting-state neuromag...

Nature and origins of mathematics diculties in very preterm children: a dierent etiology than developmental dyscalculia. Abstract Background. Children born very preterm (<32 weeks) are at high risk for mathematics

Preterm birth has a critical influence on interactive, communicative, and expressive child behaviour, particularly during the first years of life. Few studies have stressed the assessment of mother-father-child interaction in families with preterm children, generating contradictory results. The present study wished to develop these fields: (i) comparing the quality of family interactions betwee...

The population of survivors after preterm birth is increasing, and, in conjunction with this, there is growing concern about their long-term development. Stockholm Neonatal Project (SNP) is a longitudinal population-based study of children born prematurely in 1988-93, with a very low birth weight (<1500 g), who have been followed prospectively from birth through adolescence. A matched control g...

The World Health Organization defines preterm birth as birth before 37 complete weeks. The proportion of very preterm children with severe neurological disabilities has become smaller, but bulks of data indicate that, for many of the children born preterm, persistent subtle difficulties are evident in school age. Most studies have focused on the situation for infants born before 33 complete wee...

This study was undertaken to identify factors that influence total body bone area (TBBA), total body bone mineral content (TBBMC), and tibial cortical bone measures in 239 children aged 3-5 years. We obtained information on demographic and anthropometric characteristics and measurements of diet, physical activity, and strength. In multiple regression analysis, TBBA correlated with height (p < 0...

PURPOSE To compare the respiratory and neurological outcomes at two years of age of preterm children born before 33 weeks of gestation (WG) after early preterm premature rupture of membranes (EPPROM) between 14 and 24 WG with preterm children without EPPROM. DESIGN AND PATIENTS This single-center case-control retrospective study was conducted at Rouen University Hospital between 1st January 2...

OBJECTIVE Moderately preterm children (gestational age 32-36+6 weeks) are at risk of cognitive and behaviour problems at school age. The aim of this study was to investigate if these problems are already present at the age of 2 years. STUDY DESIGN Developmental outcome was assessed at 24-months (corrected age) with the Bayley-III-NL in 116 moderately preterm (M=34.66 ± 1.35 weeks gestation) a...

CONTEXT The outcome into school age of regional cohorts of children born in the 1990s with birth weights less than 1000 g (extremely low birth weight, ELBW) or earlier than 28 weeks' gestation (very preterm) is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine the cognitive, educational, and behavioral outcome of ELBW or very preterm infants born in the 1990s compared with normal birth weight (NBW) controls....