Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Is Associated with Delayed Structural Brain Maturation in Preterm Infants

Abstract

This study is the first to show that delayed structural brain maturation as evaluated by MRI at TEA is preceded by BPD, which is known to be a predictor of adverse outcome in preterm infants. This finding adds further evidence to show that adverse outcome in preterm infants may have additional neural correlates that exceed common brain injury.