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Original Article
Simplification of Ballard'S Scoring System in Clinical Estimation of Gestational Age in Newborn Infants.
Woong Heum Kim, Jung Hwan Choi, Chong Ku Yun, Yong Ik Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1983;26(3):228-236.   Published online March 31, 1983
Clinically, it is often required to identify that neonates are small, appropriate, or large-for- gestational age, since the clinical course, outcome, and problems are quite different in each group of infants. For this, accurate estimation of gestational age is required in addition to birth weight. Several methods to assess the gestational age based on the physical and neurological char- acteristics of neonates have been developed...