Early neurodevelopmental assessments for predicting long-term outcomes in infants at high risk of cerebral palsy

JAMA Network Open

2024-05-06

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The results of this study support the potential to identify cerebral palsy and its severity as early as corrected age 3 to 4 months through early neurodevelopmental assessments, but the role of these tests is limited in identifying cognitive and neurodevelopmental impairments.

Authors: Abdul Razak, M.D., of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.9053)

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