title: Linear growth in the early neonatal period.
abstract: To test the hypothesis that early linear growth is independent of changes in weight we undertook took simple anthropometry in 45 term infants daily to day 7 after birth. Linear growth proceeded rapidly and independently of changes in weight variations from the first day after birth; we suggest that this implies 'programmed' continuity of skeletal growth, possibly fuelled at the expense of other body tissues.
authors.affiliation: MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D015430:Weight Gain