Failure to thrive in children

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-374

  Shah, Mahendra D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Failure to thrive; Growth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036841308     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200211000-00002     Document Type: Review

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