Open AccessLean Tissue Deficit in Preterm Infants Persists up to 4 Months of Age: Results from a Swedish Longitudinal Study
Author(s) -
Anna Chmielewska,
Aijaz Farooqi,
Magnus Domellöf,
Inger Öhlund
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000503292
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , longitudinal study , pathology
At term-equivalent age, infants born prematurely are shorter, lighter and have more adipose tissue compared to term counterparts. Little is known on whether the differences in body composition persist in later age.
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