Small for gestational age children without early catch-up growth: Spontaneous growth and prediction of height at 8 years

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 203-208

  De Ridder, Maria A J ^a,c   Engels, Melanie A M J ^a   Stijnen, Theo ^b   Hokken Koelega, Anita C S ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Growth Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Height prediction model; Short for gestational age

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 50849127121     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137660     Document Type: Article

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