Catch-Up Growth in Former Preterm Neonates: No Time to Waste
1. Catch-Up Growth: On What We Know and Why It Matters
2. Do We Practice What We Know?
3. Implementation Strategies and Long-Term Outcome Studies Are Needed
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleRaaijmakers, Anke, and Karel Allegaert. 2016. "Catch-Up Growth in Former Preterm Neonates: No Time to Waste" Nutrients 8, no. 12: 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8120817
APA StyleRaaijmakers, A., & Allegaert, K. (2016). Catch-Up Growth in Former Preterm Neonates: No Time to Waste. Nutrients, 8(12), 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8120817