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CORRELATES OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Child: Care, Health and Development, 1980Summary In order to provide a base line for long term follow‐up, the background, methodology and major conclusions of a prospective study of low birth weight infants (≤2500 g) and their matched controls (> 2500 g) were studied and the results presented.
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The Low-Birth-Weight Infant [PDF]
, 1978 Low-birth-weight infants (< 2500 g) may result from pregnancies terminating before the completion of a normal gestational period (preterm infant) or from pregnancies during which the rate of intrauterine growth is abnormally slow, regardless of the duration of the gestation (SGA or small-for-gestational-age infant).
Michael A. Simmons +1 more
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The Placenta and Low Birth Weight
1979In recent years the child with low birth weight (LBW) with or without signs of intrauterine malnutrition has attracted much attention. The condition has human as well as economic aspects since it scores high in perinatal deaths and brain damage Potter and Davies, 1969; Fitzhardinge and Steven, 1912;Bjerre and Ostberg, 1974).
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Glutamine supplementation for low-birth-weight and very low-birth-weight infants.
Zhonghua Minguo xiao er ke yi xue hui za zhi [Journal]. Zhonghua Minguo xiao er ke yi xue hui, 1998Glutamine is a conditionally essential amino acid for low-birth-weight (LBW) and very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants by virtue of its ability to serve as a primary respiratory fuel for proliferating cells, a carrier of nitrogen between tissues, maintain acid-base balance, promote the growth and integrity of the gastrointestinal tract and promote ...
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The very low birth weight infant microbiome and childhood health.
Birth Defects Research Part C Embryo Today Reviews, 2015This review describes current understandings about the nature of the very low birth weight infant (VLBW) gut microbiome. VLBW infants often experience disruptive pregnancies and births, and prenatal factors can influence the maturity of the gut and ...
M. Groer +4 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2004
CONTEXT Neonatal infections are frequent complications of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants receiving intensive care. OBJECTIVE To determine if neonatal infections in ELBW infants are associated with increased risks of adverse ...
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CONTEXT Neonatal infections are frequent complications of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants receiving intensive care. OBJECTIVE To determine if neonatal infections in ELBW infants are associated with increased risks of adverse ...
B. Stoll +6 more
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Colic in Low Birth Weight Infants
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1971Colic occurs in 11.4% of low birth weight infants. The usual onset is within two weeks of the expected birth date, regardless of gestational age at birth. Birth order does not play a role in the distribution of colic. White low birth weight infants are more likely to develop colic than Negro low birth weight infants.
M. Michael Thaler, John E. Meyer
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Subfertility and the risk of low birth weight
Fertility and Sterility, 1991We evaluated the association between subfertility and low birth weight infants.Women in this analysis participated in a cross-sectional investigation of maternal risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes.Medical and obstetric history and life style information were obtained from women who delivered at the Boston Hospital for Women, 1977 to 1980.Our ...
Michelle A. Williams +3 more
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Genetic origins of low birth weight
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2012Smaller size at birth is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes in later life, but the mechanisms behind this association are poorly understood. Genetic variants which influence susceptibility to type 2 diabetes via effects on insulin secretion or action are good candidates for association with birth weight because foetal insulin is a key ...
Hanieh Yaghootkar, R.M. Freathy
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Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 1996
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