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Article: Research results from Copenhagen University update knowledge of child neurology.
- Article from:
- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- November 14, 2009
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In this recent report, researchers in Copenhagen, Denmark conducted a study "To describe the socio economic achievement of individuals born very preterm (VPT) at the age of 27 to 29 years. Demographic and social data were extracted from national registers for all individuals born between 1974 and 1976 in Denmark (n=208 656)."
"Of these, 203 283 individuals were alive in 2006. We compared VPT individuals (gestational age
36wks, n=192 223; 51.1% males, n=98 240), of whom 4.08% (n=58) of the VPT and 0.19% (n=373) of the term individuals had a diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP). Overall results in the two groups were similar, but significant differences appeared. The ...