Monitoring postnatal growth of preterm infants: Present and future

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 635S-647S

  Giuliani, Francesca ^a   Ismail, Leila Cheikh ^b,c   Bertino, Enrico ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^d,e   Ohuma, Eric O ^b   Rovelli, Ilaria ^a   Conde Agudelo, Agustin ^f,g   Villar, José ^b,c   Kennedy, Stephen H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth charts; Perinatal outcomes; Phenotypes; Postnatal growth; Preterm birth; Syndrome; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREGNANCY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH CHARTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRECISION MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84956897536     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.106310     Document Type: Article

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