Emma Shanahan, Kristen L McMaster, Britta Cook Bresina, Nicole M McKevett, Seohyeon Choi, Erica S Lembke
Teacher Predictors of Student Progress in Data-Based Writing Instruction: Knowledge, Skills, Beliefs, and Instructional Fidelity
Journal of learning disabilities
brain volume loss also known brain atrophy increasingly observed among children course performing neuroimaging using ct scan mri brains severe forms brain volume loss frequently associated neurocognitive changes due effects thought processing speed reasoning memory children eventually alter general personality clinicians embark managing neurological manifestations brain atrophy childhood less known regarding offending factors responsible developing presenile brain atrophy therefore goal study explore factors drive occurrence childhood brain volume guidance brain ct scan quantitative evaluation study casecontrol study involving 168 subjects brain atrophy compared 168 age gender matched control subjects normal brains ct scan age 18 years children brain ct scan subjected intense review birth medical history including laboratory investigation reports results showed significant influential risk factors brain atrophy varying trends among children including age 1417or 11 male gender 19 birth outside facility 099 immaturity 104 malnutrition 097 head trauma 102 maternal alcoholism 10 antiepileptic drugs convulsive disorders 10 radiation injury 106 space occupying lesions icp 101 birth injuryasphyxia 102 pathological reduction brain volume childhood exhibits steady trend increase pediatric age space occupying lesions intracranial pressure profound causes brain atrophy