Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Infants to Age 20 Years
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Growth of very low birth weight infants to age 20 years.
OBJECTIVE Intrauterine and neonatal growth failure of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) infants may influence adult growth attainment and have long-term implications for adult health. As part of a longitudinal study of VLBW infants, we sought to examine gender-specific changes in growth from birth to 20 years old and to identify the correlates of growth attainment at 20 years old. DESIGN,...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.1.e30