Linear growth in the early neonatal period.
Open Access
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 65 (7 Spec No), 707-708
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.65.7_spec_no.707
Abstract
To test the hypothesis that early linear growth is independent of changes in weight we undertook took simple anthropometry in 45 term infants daily to day 7 after birth. Linear growth proceeded rapidly and independently of changes in weight variations from the first day after birth; we suggest that this implies 'programmed' continuity of skeletal growth, possibly fuelled at the expense of other body tissues.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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