Evaluation of postnatal growth in very low birth weight infants: A neonatologist's dilemma

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-13

  Bertino, E ^a   Boni, L ^a   Rossi, C ^a   Coscia, A ^a   Giuliani, F ^a   Spada, E ^b   Milani, S ^b   Fabris, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance charts; Growth charts; Growth rate; Growth reference; Velocity charts; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; KINETICS; NEONATOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 53849121967     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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