Postnatal Growth in Preterm Infants: Too Small, Too Big, or Just Right?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-475

  Rubin, Lewis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

BIRTH; BODY MASS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERNUTRITION; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL;

EID: 62649109922     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.041     Document Type: Editorial

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