Bone Maturation as a Predictive Factor of Catch-Up Growth During the First Year of Life in Born Small for Gestational Age Infants: A Prospective Study

Bone Maturation as a Predictive Factor of Catch-Up Growth During the First Year of Life in Born Small for Gestational Age Infants: A Prospective Study

Background: About 85–90% of children born small for gestational age (SGA) experience a catch-up growth that occurs mostly during the first year of life and results in a full stature recovery by the age of 2.Objective: To investigate the relation between bone maturation (BM) and catch-up growth durin...

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Main Authors: Giorgia Pepe, Mariarosa Calafiore, Mariella Valenzise, Domenico Corica, Letteria Morabito, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Tommaso Aversa, Malgorzata Wasniewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
small for gestational age
preterm infant
bone maturation
distal femoral epiphyseal nucleus
catch-up growth
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00147/full

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