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Term-equivalent age

The age at which an infant born preterm reaches the postmenstrual age of a term birth, commonly about 40 weeks, at which assessments such as brain imaging are timed.

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Sources

  • Banihani R, Seesahai J, Asztalos E, Terrien Church P. Neuroimaging at term equivalent age: is there value for the preterm infant? A narrative summary. Children (Basel). 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030227
  • Glossary. WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant. World Health Organization. 2022. https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK586708

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