Longitudinal growth during the first years of life: What is normal?

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 273-277

  Touwslager, R N H ^a   Gerver, W J M ^a,c   Mulder, A L M ^a   Gerver Jansen, A J G M ^a   De Bruin, R ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth patterns; Growth retardation; Metabolic syndrome; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 52549132174     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157873     Document Type: Article

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