Anesthesia in young children linked to effects on IQ, brain structure

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a […]

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