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Chapter 46 - Neurodevelopmental and Neurobehavioral Outcomes of Prematurity

Cognition, Language, Academic Skills, and Behavioral and Emotional Profiles

from Section 4 - Specific Conditions Associated with Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

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Irene M. Loe  and
Heidi M. Feldman
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William E. Benitz ,
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David K. Stevenson
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William E. Benitz
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Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury , pp. 739 - 755
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