The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 6 , Pages 771-776.e2 , June 2008

Neurodevelopmental Follow-up of Very Preterm Infants after Proactive Treatment at a Gestational Age of ≥23 Weeks

  • Jochen Steinmacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, and Institute of Biometrics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Frank Pohlandt, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Harald Bode, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, and Institute of Biometrics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Silvia Sander, MS
    • ,
  • Martina Kron, PhD
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  • Axel R. Franz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Critical Care, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Center for Pediatrics, Department of Neonatology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Axel Franz, MD, Department of Neonatology, Center for Pediatrics, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, German.

Received 22 May 2007 ,Revised 24 September 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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 Supported by the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (Bad Homburg, Germany) and the Rudolf and Clothilde Eberhardt Foundation (Ulm, Germany). The study sponsors were not involved in the design of the study, the collection and analysis of the data, and the writing of the manuscript.

PII: S0022-3476(07)01051-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.11.004

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 6 , Pages 771-776.e2 , June 2008

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