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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... |