The correct usage of the term “low-birth-weight infant”

The correct usage of the term “low-birth-weight infant”

[...]depending on the birth weight reference used, a variable but small proportion of low-birth-weight infants are born at term and are not small for gestational age.3 Although the cohort of study does not include any infant with a birth weight between 2250 and 2500 g, the correct use of the termino...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2013-02, Vol.131 (2), p.616-616
Hauptverfasser: Cizmeci, Mehmet Nevzat, MD, Akelma, Ahmet Zulfikar, MD, Kanburoglu, Mehmet Kenan, MD, Mete, Emin, MD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Allergy and Immunology
Asthma - epidemiology
Babies
Birth weight
Correspondence
Female
Humans
Infections
Male
Picornaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology
Rhinovirus - pathogenicity
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Zusammenfassung:[...]depending on the birth weight reference used, a variable but small proportion of low-birth-weight infants are born at term and are not small for gestational age.3 Although the cohort of study does not include any infant with a birth weight between 2250 and 2500 g, the correct use of the terminology would be essential for the design of further studies, because the group of infants falling between 2250 and 2500 g also have an increased risk of childhood asthma.4
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.11.025