Catch-up growth and associated factors in very low birth weight infants
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Catch-up growth up to ten years of age in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight
BACKGROUND Improved survival due to advances in neonatal care has brought issues such as postnatal growth and development more to the focus of our attention. Most studies report stunting in children born very preterm and/or small for gestational age. In this article we study the growth pattern of these children and aim to identify factors associated with postnatal catch-up growth. METHODS 133...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2341-2879
DOI: 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.06.007