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The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of fetal neurosonographic findings in the newborn for the later outcome of common postnatal neurological disorders in term and preterm infants. As part of a prospective protocol, transfontanellar ultrasound was performed in term and preterm neonates with clinically suspected cerebral palsy (CP), seizures, or asphyxia. In early childhood, the outcome was assessed with the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI), and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Generic Module (PEDIG). The test parameters included periventricular echodensity, ventricular dilation, lateral ventricles, pontine angle, choroid plexus visibility, dilatation of the subarachnoid space, and cortical malrotation. A total of 140 term and 69 preterm infants were included. During infancy, the overall outcome of CP was good in 88% of the term and 90% of the preterm infants, was suboptimal in 7% of the term and 1% of the preterm infants, and poor in 5% of the term and 9% of the preterm infants. The overall outcome of seizures in the term infants was good in 55%, was suboptimal in 37%, and poor in 8%. Asphyxia had an overall poor outcome in 81% of the term and 82% of the preterm infants. Fetal neurosonographic findings of increased periventricular echodensity (chi-square = 7.75, P = 0.02) and a larger interhemispheric angle (chi-square = 7.93, P = 0.02) were associated with a good outcome of CP in the term infants. In preterm infants, only an abnormal periventricular echodensity was associated with a good outcome of CP (P = 0.01). The neurosonographic findings of ventricular dilatation (P = 0.02) and reduced choroid plexus visibility (P = 0.01) were associated with a poor outcome of CP
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