Diagnostic Workup and Micronutrient Deficiencies in Children With Failure to Thrive Without Underlying Diseases

Autor: Ufuk Sayıcı, Suna Selbuz, Cansu Altuntaş, Ceyda Tuna Kırsaçlıoğlu, Aydan Kansu, Zarife Kuloğlu, Mustafa Volkan Yilmaz, Nilay Penezoğlu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 34(4)
ISSN: 1941-2452
Popis: OBJECTIVES AND STUDY Failure to thrive (FTT) is an interruption in the normal pattern of growth. We aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics, underlying etiologies, diagnostic workup, and frequency of micronutrient deficiencies (MDs) in children with FTT. METHODS This retrospective study was done with 729 children (319 male, mean age 6.8 ± 5.5 years) with FTT (weight for age
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