Executive functioning in preschool children born very preterm: Relationship with early white matter pathology

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study has never been published either electronically or in print. There are no financial or other relationships that could serve as a conflict of interest in the publication of this manuscript. This research was completed as part of a University of Canterbury postdoctoral fellowship with the Canterbury Child Development Research Group. Support for the larger study was obtained from the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, Lottery Grants Board, Canterbury Medical Research Foundation and the Health Research Council of New Zealand. The authors thank Carole Spencer. Michelle Davey, Jacqueline Knight, and the Canterbury Radiology Group for their assistance with MRI and follow-up data. Also, John Horwood contributed greatly to our analysis of the results with GEE. Most importantly, the authors thank the families who helped with this research.