Very preterm infants show earlier emergence of 24-hour sleep-wake rhythms compared to term infants.

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Abstract

Previous studies show contradictory results about the emergence of 24-h rhythms and the influence of external time cues on sleep-wake behavior in preterm compared to term infants.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Early Hum. Dev.

Title: Early human development

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1872-6232

ISSN (Print): 0378-3782

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2015

Volume: 91

Issue: 1

Affiliations

[1 ] Child Development Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland.

[2 ] Child Development Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland.

[3 ] Clinic Neonatology, University Hospital Zürich, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland.

[4 ] Child Development Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland.

[5 ] Child Development Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: Oskar.Jenni@kispi.uzh.ch.