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Z-score differences based on cross-sectional growth charts do not reflect the growth rate of very low birth weight infants

OBJECTIVE: To test whether the assessment of growth in very low birth weight infants during the hospital stay using z-score differences (Z(diff)) is confounded by gestational age (GA), birth weight percentiles (BW%ile), and length of the observation period (LOP). We hypothesize that Z(diff) calculat...

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Autores principales: Rochow, Niels, Landau-Crangle, Erin, So, Hon Yiu, Pelc, Anna, Fusch, Gerhard, Däbritz, Jan, Göpel, Wolfgang, Fusch, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6504035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31063464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216048