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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 So what's at the root of the difficulties? It's not known for sure, Wolke said. But he suspects they are due to "altered brain development from white to grey matter that takes place between 24 to 27 weeks' gestation."
The study is a landmark one, noted Dr. K.J.S. Anand, an attending physician at Arkansas Children's Hospital and a professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. He has also done much research on the topic.
With his colleagues, Anand has proposed a possible mechanism, saying the problems may be the result of the maternal separation experienced by these extremely premature infants, impacting the developing brain.
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Because some children were lost to follow-up, Anand said, "it is likely that their results may even underestimate the true prevalence of these problems in society."
While Wolke said the problems are child-driven, a result of brain development, and that parents as such can't do much, Anand suggested that greater contact between parents and babies during the first days after delivery may help.
More information
To learn more about preterm birth, visit the March of Dimes.
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Last updated 9/2/2008
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SOURCES: Dieter Wolke, Ph.D., professor, developmental psychology and individual differences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; K.J.S. Anand, M.B.B.S, D.Phil, attending physician, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock; September 2008, Pediatrics
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