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In light of the growing number of surviving children born very preterm, there is
an increasing focus on their long-term outcomes in terms of growth, metabolic
status, and neurocognitive development. Therefore, it is of importance to follow
such children from birth onwards with the aim of identifying the causes of
atypical development, developing preventative measures, and improving outcomes.
Since such long-term follow-up needs to be conducted with the least possible
burden, clinical investigations such as anthropometry and neurocognitive tests,
if conducted rigorously, will continue to have a predominant role. The aim of
this review is to discuss the complexity of longitudinal anthropometry in
children born very preterm and to provide an overview of the main studies that
have examined associations between growth, in particular head growth, and
neurocognitive outcomes at around school age.
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