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October 2007

The VICS study has recently been awarded a grant from the Australian Government ( NHMRC) to follow up on all of the extremely pre term babies born in 1991 and 1992

We want to determine the health outcomes in the teenage years of children who were born either before 28 weeks or with birth weights under 1000g in 1991-92, compared with children who were not pre term and of normal birth weight.

We would like to find out if there are any differences in thinking ability, school progress, blood pressure and breathing ability. We hope to see these children again over the next 2 years.

Look forward to hearing more from us soon.