Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Placenta and Perinatal Risk Factors
  • Placental Microorganisms in ELGAN with Correlation to Pregnancy Outcomes, Intrauterine Inflammation, and Postnatal and Later-life Outcomes
  • Correlations of Placental Histology in ELGANs with Delivery Indications, Placental Microbiology, and Childhood Morbidity
  • Signal Initiators of Early Preterm Birth
  • Maternal Adiposity
  • Neonatal Exposures and Outcomes
  • Illness-Severity and Outcomes among Children Born Extremely Preterm
  • Bacteremia
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • Structural Brain Disorders
  • Ultrasound
  • Multispectral Quantitative MRI: Techniques and Preliminary Results
  • Functional Brain Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy among Children Born Extremely Preterm
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Functioning
  • Autism, Social Impairment, and Social Communication Deficits in Children Born Prior to the 28th Week of Gestation
  • Psychiatric and Behavioral Outcomes at Age 2 and10 Years in Individuals Born Extremely Preterm
  • Concluding Chapter
  • Glossary.