Is the raised metabolic rate of the small for gestation infant due to his relatively large brain size

Early Human Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1988, Pages 253-261

  Abdulrazzaq, Y M ^a   Brooke, O G ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain weight; metabolic rate; oxygen consumption; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023903268     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(88)90106-5     Document Type: Article

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