Small-for-gestational-age

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Related to Small-for-gestational-age: SGA infant, intrauterine growth retardation, IUGR

Small-for-gestational-age (SGA)

A term used to describe newborns who are below the 10th percentile in height or weight for their estimated gestational age. The gestational age is based upon the date of the mother's last menstrual period. SGA is one of the symptoms of TORCH syndrome.

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Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

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Short-term benefits of catch-up growth for small-for-gestational-age infants.

Rate of weight gain in very-low birth weight Puerto Rican neonates

The effect on small-for-gestational-age infants revealed no overall clinically significant differences.

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