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Visual, cognitive, and neurodevelopmental outcome at 5½ years in children with perinatal haemorrhagic‐ischaemic brain lesions
Author(s) -
Hout B M.,
Eken P.,
Linden D.,
WittebolPost D.,
Aleman S.,
JennekensSchinkel A.,
Schouw Y T.,
Vries L S,
Nienwenhuizen O
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12359.x
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , periventricular leukomalacia , pediatrics , medicine , visual acuity , neuroimaging , cognition , psychology , psychiatry , gestational age , pregnancy , surgery , biology , genetics
To determine predictive values of early visual and neurocognitive assessment in children with perinatally acquired haemorrhagic or ischaemic brain lesions selected on the basis of ultrasound, 63 children (37 boys, 26 girls), who had been followed and examined until the age of 18 months, were reexamined at 5½ years. Good correlations between visual and neurodevelopmental assessments at 18 months and at 5½ years were found. When ultrasound abnormalities were combined with early visual and neurocognitive assessment data, good predictive values, especially for the group of children who had grade 2 to 4 leukomalacia, were found for visual acuity and neurodevelopment.