Pattern of growth of very low birth weight preterm infants, assessed using the WHO growth standards, is associated with neurodevelopment

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-569

  Nash, Andrea ^a,b   Dunn, Michael ^a,b   Asztalos, Elizabeth ^a,b   Corey, Mary ^a,c   Mulvihill Jory, Bridget ^b   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayley scales of infant and Toddler development; Growth trajectory; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80051958806     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h11-059     Document Type: Article

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