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Assessment of the Fetal Neuromotor Development with the New KANET Test

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Fetal Development

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Development of ultrasound technology, especially four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound, enabled insight into the fetal neuromotor development that is reflected by the repertoire of fetal activities or fetal behavior. Based on that new technology, the Zagreb group proposed a screening test called the Kurjak Antenatal Neurodevelopmental Test (KANET). Over several years, the KANET has been used to assess almost 2000 fetuses. Results are promising, and the test has demonstrated an ability to recognize normal, borderline, and abnormal behavior in fetuses from normal and pathological pregnancies. However, further studies are necessary as well as long-term postnatal monitoring of children who were prenatally evaluated with the KANET in order to determine its clinical value in identification of children with neurological risk.

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This work was supported by a grant from University of Zagreb and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Salata 3, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Aida Salihagić Kadić MD, PhD

  2. Croatian Institute for Brain Research, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Aida Salihagić Kadić MD, PhD

  3. Division of Neonatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital “Sveti Duh”, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Milan Stanojević MD, PhD

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital “Sveti Duh”, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Maja Predojević & Asim Kurjak MD, PhD

  5. “CiTo” Polyclinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Split, Croatia

    Borna Poljak

  6. Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Barbara Grubišić-Čabo

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Kadić, A.S., Stanojević, M., Predojević, M., Poljak, B., Grubišić-Čabo, B., Kurjak, A. (2016). Assessment of the Fetal Neuromotor Development with the New KANET Test. In: Reissland, N., Kisilevsky, B. (eds) Fetal Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22023-9_10

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