Cognitive ability in adolescents born small for gestational age: Associations with fetal growth velocity, head circumference and postnatal growth

Small size at birth may be associated with impaired cognitive ability later in life.The aim of this study was to examine the effect of being born small for gestational age (SGA), with or without intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) on cognitive ability in late adolescence.

Source: Early Human Development - September 29, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Rikke Beck Jensen, Anders Juul, Torben Larsen, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Gorm Greisen Source Type: research