Prenatal and perinatal risks for late language emergence in a population-level sample of twins at age 2.

Catherine Louise TaylorMabel L RiceDaniel ChristensenEve BlairStephen R Zubrick

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2018)

The results suggest that adverse prenatal and perinatal environments are important in the etiology of LLE in twins at age 2. It is important that health professionals discuss twin pregnancy and birth risks for delayed speech and language milestones with parents and provide ongoing developmental monitoring for all twins, not just twins with overt disability.

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