Linear Growth and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 309-321

  Pfister, Katie M ^a   Ramel, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat free mass; Inflammation; Linear growth; Neurodevelopment; Outcomes; Premature infants; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT FREE MASS; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84901591771     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.02.004     Document Type: Review

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