School Difficulties at Adolescence in a Regional Cohort of Children Who Were Extremely Low Birth Weight

Saigal, Saroj; Hoult, Lorraine; L. Streiner, David; Stoskopf, Barbara; Rosenbaum, Peter

doi:10.1542/peds.105.2.325

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School Difficulties at Adolescence in a Regional Cohort of Children Who Were Extremely Low Birth Weight

Published in PEDIATRICS • Feb 1, 2000

Authors:

Saroj Saigal

Lorraine Hoult

David L. Streiner

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare measures of psychometric assessment and school difficulties in a cohort of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) teenagers and term controls, and to determine whether there is stability in psychometric measures between age 8 and the teen years. STUDY DESIGN: Longitudinal follow-up...

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Medicine

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

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