Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 287-290 , December 2009

Assessment of Growth From Foot Length in Taiwanese Neonates

  • Tsyr-Yuh Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shan-Fu Ou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shih-Hui Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chi-Ning Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Luo-Ping Ger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Kai-Sheng Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Ming Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, 976 Chunghwa 1st Road, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
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  • Ken-Pen Weng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan

Received 3 November 2008 ,Revised 20 January 2009 ,Accepted 12 March 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60079-6

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60079-6

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 287-290 , December 2009

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