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- Published on: 22 March 2016Wrong "small for gestational age" definition in indications for growth hormone therapy in childrenShow More
Dear Editor,
in his review on the indications for growth hormone therapy in children, Kirk states that "small for gestational age (SGA) is usually defined as a birth weight and/or length more than -2.5 standard deviation scores (SDS) below the mean", which correspond to the 0.4th centile (1).
Battaglia and Lubchenco were the first to classify newborns as SGA (2), and until recentely, several definition...
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