%0 Journal Article %T Estudo v¨ªdeo-polissonogr¨¢fico em rec¨¦m-nascidos de termo pequenos para a idade gestacional %A PADULA %A NIURA A.M R. %A RUGULO %A L¨ªGIA M. SUPPO DE S. %A PADOVANI %A CARLOS ROBERTO %A TEIXEIRA %A ALTAMIR %A FONSECA %A RONALDO GUIMAR£¿ES %A MOURA-RIBEIRO %A M. VALERIANA L. %A MELO %A ¨¢UREA NOGUEIRA DE %J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria %D 1999 %I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO %R 10.1590/S0004-282X1999000400006 %X video-polygraphic-eeg studies were performed in the first 24 life-hours of 26 healthy full-term newborns without perinatal injuries. the neurological examination and cranial ultrasonography were normal. the newborns were divided into two groups: one, with full-term appropriate - birth weight 11 newborns (control group ) and the other with full-term low-birth weight 15 newborns. thirteen newborns of the second group had video-polygraphic-eeg study abnormalities. the most frequent abnormalities were found in 11 cases, as far as sleep architecture is concerned. also, when compared with the control group, 8 cases of an excessive amount of startles and 2 cases of low behavior activities were found. the results demonstrate the usefulness of video-polygraphic-eeg study in the full-term newborns with intra-uterine growth retard. this examination was sensitive to detect behavior, sleep architecture and eeg standard differences in the low birth-weight newborns as to the control group. %K neonatal polygraphy %K newborn %K intra-uterine growth retard %K neonatal eeg. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X1999000400006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en