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SECTION 1. Low and very low birth weight infants.- 1. Development of thyroid function in very low birth weight infants.- 2. Growth after very low birth weights: Germany perspectives.- 3. First trimester fetal growth and low birth weight.- 4. Following up very low birth weight children to preschool age.- 5. Zinc and low birth weight.- 6. Early nutrition and very low birth weights infants.- 7. Aggressive nutritional strategy in very low birth weight infants: impact on growth.- 8. Visual development in very low birth weight infants.- 9. Visual ability in very low birth weight infants.- 10. Parental relationships with very low birth weight infants.- SECTION 2. Intrauterine growth retardation.- 11. Intrauterine growth standards.- 12. Risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries: role of interuterine growth retardation .- 13. Growth outcomes in intrauterine growth retardation: Australian perspectives.- 14. Neurodevelopment outcome of children with intrauterine growth retardation: A longitudinal, 10-year prospective study.- 15. Memory functions of children with intrauterine growth restriction.- 16. Intrauterine growth and intelligence.- 17. Drug exposure and intrauterine growth .-18. Intrauterine growth retardation and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children.- 19. Ultrasound brain lesions in intrauterine growth retardation .- 20. Intrauterine growth restriction and blood pressure.- 21. Treatment for Short stature after intrauterine growth retardation.- 22. Anthropometric parameters and intrauterine growth retardation: Togo perspectives .- SECTION 3. Preterm infants.- 23. Periodic breathing in term and preterm infants.- 24. The relationship between growth and perinatal factors in preterm infants.- 25. Growth curves for preterm infants.- 26. Development of oral feeding skills in the preterm infant.- 27. Growth factors and endocrine milieu in preterm and term infants.- 28. Protein metabolism in preterm infants: implications for growth.- 29. Birth weight standards, fetal growth, and preterm infants.- 30. Maturation and growth indices of the brain in preterm infants.- 31. The development of cerebral cortex in prematurely born infants.- 32. Development of motor coordination and attention in preterm infants and relation to intensive care.- 33. Inflammatory and growth mediators in the blood in preterm infants.- 34. Weight gain and linear growth in milk feeding in preterm infants.- 35. Brain volume in preterm infants.- 36. Impact of prematurity on school-age outcomes.- 37. Visual and visuocognitive development in children born very prematurely.- SECTION 4. Postnatal growth in normal and abnormal situations.- 38. Defects on long arm of chromosome 20 and postnatal growth retardation.- 39. Postnatal growth in HIV.- 40. Postnatal growth failure and Z score.- 41. Prediction of postnatal growth curves for premature infants.- 42. Adiposity during preweaning postnatal growth.- 43. Postnatal development in cleft palate.- 44. Blood pressure and postnatal growth in schoolchildren: World and Mexico perspectives.- 45. Hormonal regulation of postnatal growth in children.- 46. Postnatal growth and growth hormone.- 47. Postnatal weight increase and growth velocity of very low birth weight infants: Italian perspectives.- SECTION 5. Catch-up growth.- 48. Weight requirements for Catch-up growth in girls with eating disorders.- 49. Catch-up growth and corticosteroids.- 50. Thyroid function during Catch-up growth.- 51. Endocrine aspects of catch-up growth.- 52. Catch-up growth: Hertfordshire studies.- 53. Catch-up growth up to ten year olds: Dutch perspectives .- 54. Catch-up growth and supine length/height in preterm infants.- 55. Catch-down growth and short-statured parents.- 56. Adiposity and insulin resistance after catch-up growth.- 57. Catch-up and normal growth of children on long-term dialysis.- 58. Lung development in children and in catch-up growth.- 59. Catch-up growth in refugee children.- 60. Failure to achieve catch-up growth: Spanish studies.- 61. Catch-up growth: Mexico perspectives.- 62. Growth surveillance of those without catch-up.- 63. Serum adiponectin levels, insulin resistance, and lipid profile in catch-up and non-catch-up growth.- SECTION 6. Sexual maturation.- 64. Genital development in boys and testosterone levels.- 65. Pesticides and male genital growth.- 66. Pesticides and sexual development in girls.- 67. Disorders of breast growth.- 68. Sexual maturity in slums and rural areas.- 69. Breast development and the environment.- 70. Precocious puberty and growth of breast tissue.- 71. Gonadotropin-suppressive therapy and sexual growth.- 72. Sexual dimorphism and cortisol.- 73. Growth and sexual maturation in psychological disorders.- SECTION 7. Cells and growth of tissues.- 74. Growth and development of the brain.- 75. Growth and development of the kidney.- 76. Growth and development of the intestine.- 77. Growth and development of bone.- 78. Growth and development of muscle.- 79. Growth and development of liver.- 80. Growth and development of heart.- 81. Growth and development of dentofacial tissue.- SECTION 8. Sensory growth and development.- 82. Multisensory reweighting in children.- 83. Motor development in normal children and in disease.- 84. Speech and language development in normal children and in disease.- 85. Visual development.- 86. Development of hearing.- 87. Speech intelligibility development in hearing impaired.- 88. Development of the immune system.- SECTION 9. Country and regional aspects of growth and growth monitoring.- 89. Overview: Child development in developing countries.- 90. Rural versus urban growth in 47 developing countries.- 91. Effect of infant feeding on growth in 20 developing countries.- 92. Field-testing growth standards in different countries.- 93. Breast-feeding and growth in Lebanon.- 94. Features of normal and abnormal growth in India.- 95. Features of normal and abnormal growth in China.- 96. Features of normal and abnormal growth in Brazil.- 97. Features of normal and abnormal growth in Russia.- SECTION 10. Effects of disease on growth.- 98. Impaired bone mineral density in children with cerebral palsy.- 99. Growth in sickle cell disease.- 100. The NIH MRI study of normal brain development in the young.- 101. Minerals and growth: an example with zinc.- 102. Fetal alcohol exposure and infant growth.- 103. Iron deficiency anemia and infant growth.- 104. Growth in children with severe hemophilia.- 105. Growth in autism.- 106. Growth in Down syndrome.- 107. HIV-infected children and growth.- 108. Growth in short bowel syndrome (SBS) .- 109. Child growth and livelihood security.- 110. Growth in cerebral palsy.- 111. Growth in congenital heart disease.- SECTION 11. Exercise, sports, and growth.- 112. Elite sport practice in children: effects on growth.- 113. Effects of gymnastics on growth and pubertal maturation in young girls.- 114. Physical activity and bone growth and development in children .- 115. Child growth in physical activity skill development and dietary modification.- 116. The interaction of exercise, stress, and inflammation on growth.- 117. Growth hormone response to exercise.-118. Physical activity and bone growth.- 119. Infant mental development index.- SECTION 12. Endocrine Control and Regulation of Growth.- 120. Growth deceleration and corticosteroids.- 121. Leptin and ghrelin in growth.- 122. Insulin-like growth factor and growth.-123. Adiponectin and growth.- 124. Thyroid hormones and growth.- 125. Growth hormone and child growth .- 126. Growth hormone, Prader-Willi syndrome, and growth.- SECTION 13. Assessment of Growth.- 127. The 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards.- 128. WHO Child Growth Standards and the CDC 2000 growth charts.- 129. International growth standards for school-aged children and adolescents.- 130. Infant growth modeling and assessment of growth.- 131. Use of weight, height, and body mass index to indicate growth failure.- 132. Assessment of psychomotor development and growth.- 133. Growth and development in developing countries: what standards? .-134. Use of MRI to monitor brain growth.- 135. Neonatal screening methods.- 136. False positives and sensitivity in growth monitoring.- 137. Z scores: what they are and how to use them.- 138. Percentiles: what they are and how to use them.- 139. Growth velocity curves: what they are and how to use them.-140. Physical activity measured by accelerometry: completing growth evaluations