The timing of early postnatal catch-up growth in normal, full-term infants born short for gestational age

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Karlberg, J P E ^a   Albertsson Wikland, K ^b   Kwan, E Y W ^a   Lam, B C C ^a   Low, L C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Height; Hong Kong; Short for gestational age; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SWEDEN;

BODY HEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030965815     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000191279     Document Type: Article

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