A Study of General Movement Assessment and Its Association With Neurodevelopmental Outcome at Age 12 to 15 Months Among Term Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia.

Background: To determine the association between optimality score at term age and age three to five months and neurodevelopmental outcome among neonates with hyperbilirubinemia.

Methods: Fifty infants with and without hyperbilirubinemia were enrolled. The motor repertoires of the infants were evaluated through general movement assessment (GMA) at term age and three to five months post-term.

Pre-feeding premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI) for transition from gavage to oral feeding: A randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: To assess the performance of premature infant oral motor intervention for transition from gavage to full spoon feeding in preterm infants.

Methods: Preterm neonates born between 28 + 0-32 + 6 weeks gestation (n = 32) were randomised into an intervention group (premature infant oral motor intervention) for five minutes twice a day along with routine care (n = 16) and a control group (routine care, n = 16) once they reached a feed volume of at least 150 ml/kg/day administered by gavage method. The primary outcome measure was time (in days) to transition from gavage to full spoon feeds.

Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Neonatal Chikungunya: Follow-Up of a Series of Cases Till 1 Year.

Objectives: Short- or long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of Neonatal Chikungunya infection haven't been well described. In this study, we describe neurodevelopmental outcomes of a series of 13 infants.

Methods: Study was conducted over a period of 1 year in high-risk follow-up clinic.

Distribution of CGG/GCC repeats at the FMR1 and FMR2 genes in an Indian population with mental retardation of unknown etiology.

Aims: Fragile X syndrome is one of the X-linked disorders associated with moderate to severe mental retardation. Fragile X A syndrome (FRAXA) and fragile X E syndrome (FRAXE) are caused by trinucleotide repeat expansion of CGG and GCC repeats at the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 and FMR2 genes, respectively. The present study was undertaken to identify the repeat polymorphism and to estimate the risk of transmission in Andhra Pradesh and surrounding states of South India.