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Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No Evidence for a Causal Relationship

Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No Evidence for a Causal Relationship

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Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No Evidence for a Causal Relationship

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Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No Evidence for a Causal Relationship

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Twin research and human genetics, 2009-06, Vol.12 (3), p.246-253

Language

English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Recent findings of an association between anesthesia administration in the first three years of life and later learning disabilities have created concerns that anesthesia has neurotoxic effects on synaptogenesis, causing later learning problems. An alternative hypothesis is that those children who are likely to undergo surgery early in life have si...

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Anesthesia and Cognitive Performance in Children: No Evidence for a Causal Relationship

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2789540856

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2789540856

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ISSN

1832-4274

E-ISSN

1839-2628

DOI

10.1375/twin.12.3.246

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