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Growth in Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome: A 4-Years Longitudinal Cohort Study
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Tavares, Jousilene de Sales; Gama, Gabriela Lopes; Cavalcante Guedes Pinheiro, Hannah; Souza de Azevedo, Girlene; Balbino da Silva, Mariana; Ayalla de Castro Meira, Chanazy; Melo, Adriana Suely Oliveira; Amorim, Melania Maria Ramos – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
To describe and analyze the changes in anthropometric parameters in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) from birth to four years of age. This prospective study evaluated 117 children diagnosed with CZS. Anthropometric indices evaluated annually were classified with respect to presence of microcephaly and adequacy of weight-for-age,…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Infants, Preschool Children, Human Body
Sex Differences in the Association between Foetal Growth and Child Attention at Age Four: Specific Vulnerability of Girls
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Murray, Elizabeth; Matijasevich, Alicia; Santos, Iná S.; Barros, Aluísio J. D.; Anselmi, Luciana; Barros, Fernando C.; Stein, Alan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2015
Background: Recent evidence suggests that impaired foetal growth may provide an early indication of increased risk of child attention problems. However, despite both foetal growth and child attention problems differing by sex, few studies have examined sex differences in this association. Furthermore, no studies have been conducted in low- and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Correlation, Child Behavior, Check Lists
Early Head Growth: Relation with IQ at 8 Years and Determinants in Term Infants of Low and Appropriate Birthweight
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Lira, Pedro I. C.; Eickmann, Sophie H.; Lima, Marilia C.; Amorim, Rosemary J.; Emond, Alan M.; Ashworth, Ann – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: To investigate the relation between head growth at different periods and IQ at 8 years, and to identify factors associated with more rapid head growth. Method: Two parallel cohorts of term low birthweight (LBW) and appropriate birthweight (ABW) infants were enrolled at birth in northeast Brazil. Anthropometric measurements were made at birth,…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Females, Intelligence Quotient, Infants
Influence of Breast-Feeding Duration on Children's Growth.
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Filho, Antonio de Azevedo Barros; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Investigates the influence of breast-feeding duration on the increase in weight of 365 children from birth to six months in the agro-industrial community of Pradopolis, Brazil. (RH)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Infants