Catherine Arnaud

..The objective of this report is to assess data quality, in particular heterogeneity between regions, family and item non-response and potential for bias...

..To assess the frequency of minor neuromotor dysfunctions (MNDs) at age 5 years according to gestational age, to test their association with behavioral and learning difficulties, and to find determining neonatal factors...

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..We examined whether child characteristics, severity of impairment, socioeconomic factors, and parental stress were associated with parent proxy reports being respectively higher or lower than child self-reports of quality of life...

..although inclusive education of disabled children is now an accepted practice, it is often challenged by negative peer attitudes. We undertook an interventional study aimed at improving students' attitudes towards their disabled peers...

..Proxies do not always agree when reporting the QoL of children with severe disabilities. Parental well-being and child pain should be taken into account in the interpretation of QoL reports in such children...

..The findings of this review suggest a growing need to develop and implement specific interventions targeted at reducing peer victimization among children with chronic conditions...

..Early pubertal development could be associated with higher risks of poor health. Our objective was to examine risk behaviours, physical and psychological determinants associated with early menarche (<11 years)...

..We investigated this issue in France and Ireland because of the documented differences between these two countries on relevant contextual factors...

..Children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are routinely treated with GH and have a response comparable with that observed in children with GH deficiency (GHD)...

..In order to understand the issues surrounding the schooling of young cancer patients in France, long-term multi-centre studies, focusing on adolescents, must be initiated...

..Research should be quantitative but must also include the conceptual elements which have been put forward by qualitative research, namely the importance of teenagers'point of view concerning their treatment...

..A deficit in oxytocin (OT)-producing neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus has been reported in these patients...

..The Acceptance Scale and CATCH seem to be the most complete instruments among those identified as they include all three attitude components and have appropriate psychometric properties...

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..The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of faecal incontinence after first vaginal delivery and to assess the impact of Thierry's spatulas-assisted delivery...

..Prospective comparative study on 100 patients with positive family history for idiopathic scoliosis...

..The aim of this study was to examine the association between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and coronary heart diseases (CHD) risk factors in a large population of peri- and postmenopausal women...

..To describe the long-term outcome of very preterm infants receiving prolonged sedation and/or analgesia and examine the relationship between prolonged sedation and/or analgesia and this long-term outcome...

..To describe psychological symptoms in 8-12-year-old children with cerebral palsy; to investigate predictors of these symptoms and their impact on the child and family...

..To identify the main prenatal risk factors for cerebral palsy in very preterm singletons and twins...

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..Little is known about the quality of life (QoL) of disabled children. We describe self-reported QoL of children with cerebral palsy, factors that influence it, and how it compares with QoL of the general population...

..To estimate the prevalence of cerebral palsy at 2 years of age among children born very preterm, according to gestational age, infant gender, plurality, and neonatal cranial ultrasound abnormalities...

..The objective of our study was to determine the antenatal factors that, in association with gestational age, predict the need for neonatal intensive care in preterm infants, to match the size of birth with the level of care required...

..We aimed to investigate neurodevelopmental outcome and use of special health care at 5 years of age in a population-based cohort of very preterm children...

..CONCLUSION: Previous induced abortion was associated with an increased risk of very preterm delivery. The strength of the association increased with decreasing gestational age...

..High plasma ghrelin levels have been reported in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). However, little is known about plasma ghrelin in these children during the first years of life characterized by a failure to thrive...

..Health and neurodevelopmental status of the child were significantly associated with behavioral difficulties...

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..For prepubertal males there is presently no standardized technique for preserving fertility ; however, the development of testicular germ-cell harvest needs to be considered...

..To compare the attitudes of a large sample of obstetricians from eight European countries toward a competent woman's refusal to consent to an emergency cesarean delivery for acute fetal distress...

..In babies at this early age, urinary AQP2 cannot serve as a direct marker of the renal action of AVP but reflects AQP2 expression level associated with different physiopathological conditions...

..To evaluate the prevalence of cranial ultrasound abnormalities in very preterm infants as a function of gestational age, plurality, intrauterine growth restriction, and death before discharge...