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Structural Abnormalities

Approximately 50-70% of very preterm (VPT) born infants are affected by diffuse white matter abnormalities such as loss of white matter volume, corpus callosum thinning, and delayed myelination. A recent study showed that the mean score on language tests at the age of 4 and 6 years significantly declined as the severity of white matter abnormalities increased. This is mainly because corpus callosum plays a crucial role in exchange of interhemispheric information, thus a deviation impacts the cognitive performance

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Updated 2023-09-17

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