Studies of nutrition and growth in infants with chronic cardiopulmonary disease

Hypotheses: (1) Nutritional status is impaired in symptomatic congenital heart disease (CHD) in infancy, and this is related to an inadequate positive energy balance. (2) Undernutrition precedes the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants, and there is a subsequent persist...

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Main Author: Menon, Gopi
Published: University of Edinburgh 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657702