The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 829-834.e1, June 2009

Neurosensory Disabilities at School Age in Geographic Cohorts of Extremely Low Birth Weight Children Born Between the 1970s and the 1990s

  • Gehan Roberts, MPH, PhD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • From the Premature Infant Follow-up Program, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Neurosciences Theme, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Gehan Roberts, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Peter J. Anderson, BA, GradDip (AppPsych), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Neurosciences Theme, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Lex W. Doyle, MD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • From the Premature Infant Follow-up Program, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Neurosciences Theme, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group

      Affiliations

    • A complete list of Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group members is available at www.jpeds.com (Appendix).

Received 26 September 2008; received in revised form 24 November 2008; accepted 19 December 2008. published online 23 February 2009.

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 Supported by the Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia.

 The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest, real or perceived.

PII: S0022-3476(08)01145-1

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.036

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 829-834.e1, June 2009

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