Growth Standards of Infants With Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Growth standards of infants with Prader-Willi syndrome.
OBJECTIVE To generate and report standardized growth curves for weight, length, head circumference, weight/length, and BMI for non-growth hormone-treated white infants (boys and girls) with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) between 0 and 36 months of age. The goal was to monitor growth and compare data with other infants with PWS. METHODS Anthropometric measures (N = 758) were obtained according to...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2736