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IJE Advance Access originally published online on May 20, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33(4):847-848; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh199
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IJE vol.33 no.4 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: The epidemiology of failure-to-thrive in infants

Peter B Sullivan

University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. E-mail: peter.sullivan@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

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Although failure to thrive (FTT) is a common problem, precise epidemiological data is lacking. FTT accounts for 1–5% of paediatric hospital admissions under 2 year of age. This will be an underestimate of its true incidence, however, as FTT is identified and treated primarily in the community. The population prevalence of FTT has been found to range anywhere between 1.3% and 20.9% depending on the definition of FTT . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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