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One-year anthropometric follow-up of South African preterm infants in kangaroo mother care: Which early-life factors predict malnutrition?

Sanja NelFriedeburg Anna Maria WenholdTanita CronjeUte Dagmar Feucht
Published in: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (2024)
Preterm-born SGA infants remain more underweight, stunted and wasted than their preterm-born AGA peers at 1 year, despite greater WAZ gains. Interventions for appropriate catch-up growth especially for SGA preterm infants are needed.
Keyphrases
  • low birth weight
  • preterm infants
  • early life
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  • preterm birth
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