Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 13-18 , April 2008

Relationship Between Perinatal and Neonatal Indices and Intelligence Quotient in Very Low Birth Weight Infants at the Age of 6 or 8 Years

  • Shu-Chi Mu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Hui Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Inn Tsou

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Tien Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510 Zhongzheng Road, Xinzhuang City, Taipei 242, Taiwan

Received 15 March 2007 ,Revised 2 January 2008 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(08)60005-4

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60005-4

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 13-18 , April 2008

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