Pediatrics

Babies Born Just a Few Weeks Too Soon at Greater Risk of Cerebral Palsy and Other Developmental Delays

Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, December 28th, 2008

Babies born just a few weeks prematurely are more than three times as likely to have cerebral palsy than full-term infants -- adding to the mounting evidence that the last few weeks of pregnancy are critical to a child's health and development.

The research, "Increased Risk of Adverse Neurological Development for Late Preterm Infants," by Petrini et. al. was published online today by the Journal of Pediatrics. The authors also found that late preterm infants, (those born 34-36 weeks gestation), had a higher risk of developmental delays than babies born full-term.

The team of researchers from the March of Dimes, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research,...

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