Digestive System Failure
Failure to thrive is a description applied to children whose current weight or rate of weight gain is significantly below that of other children of similar age and sex.
Alternative Names
Growth failure; FTT
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Infants or children that fail to thrive seem to be dramatically smaller or shorter than other children the same age. Teenagers may have
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