Growth of a cohort of very low birth weight and preterm infants born at a single tertiary health care center in South Africa

BackgroundVery low birth weight (VLBW) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants are known to be at high risk of growth failure and developmental delay later in life. The majority of those infants are born in low and middle income countries.AimGrowth monitoring in a cohort of infants born with a...

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Main Authors: Isabel Alexandra Michaelis, Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann, Mikateko Mazinu, Esme Jordaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.1075645/full