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Article: Disabilities found among premature babies
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2000
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Disabilities found among premature babies
Study reports that half of those who survive have mental or
physical problems
Associated Press
Thursday, August 10, 2000
Half of all extremely premature babies who survive are mentally or
physically disabled, a quarter of them severely so, a new study
shows.
As daunting as that sounds, it is better than most experts had
thought.
The lead researcher, Neil Marlow of the University of Nottingham,
England, had expected to find that about 40% of such premature babies
wind up with severe disabilities.
He studied all 4,004 babies born before the 26th week of pregnancy
over 10 months in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Only 308 survived after being sent home, ...