Background and aims: Perinatal brain injury in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterms is associated with permanent changes in white matter integrity and connectivity, and to neurodevelopmental ...

In New York City, only 11 percent of white babies with very low birth rate weight VLBW (less than 1500 grams, or 3 pounds, 5 ounces) were born at hospitals with high death rates while 21 percent ...