Neurodevelopmental outcome of small-for-gestational-age infants
Goldenberg, R.L.; Hoffman, H.J.; Cliver, S.P.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52(Suppl): S54-S58
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-3007 PMID: 9511020 Document Number: 491363
Despite many methodological difficulties, studies evaluating the relationship between being small for gestational age (SGA) at birth and various measures of adverse neurologic outcome generally show significant associations. Nevertheless, cerebral palsy is rarely found in SGA infants. Minimal neurologic dysfunction is more commonly seen in males and lower socioeconomic SGA children, and is often associated with attention deficits, hyperactivity, clumsiness, and poor school performance. Vision and hearing are generally not disturbed in SGA infants.