Child Abuse & Neglect: Failure to Thrive: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

failure to thrive, child abuse, child neglect, FTT, organic failure to thrive, nonorganic failure to thrive, pediatric growth failure, maternal or parental deprivation syndrome, nutrition, neglect, malnutrition, cigarette use, sepsis, jaundice, feeding intolerance, phenylketonuria, inborn errors of metabolism, diarrhea, dysphagia, substance abuse, cachexia, marasmus, Down syndrome, achondroplasia, Turner syndrome, ptosis, sunset sign, palpebral fissures, toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus infection, herpes simplex, TORCH, cataracts, palate deformity, submucous cleft, glossitis, thrush, organomegaly

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Andrew P Sirotnak, MD, Department Head, Child Abuse and Neglect, Director, Kempe Child Protection Team
Andrew P Sirotnak, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Antonia Chiesa, MD, Senior Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center
Antonia Chiesa, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Phi Beta Kappa
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Medical Editor

Carol Diane Berkowitz, MD, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Professor, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
Carol Diane Berkowitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Society, and North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
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Mary L Windle, PharmD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc
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CME Editor

Merrily P M Poth, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Merrily P M Poth, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Endocrine Society, and Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Caroly Pataki, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Division Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Caroly Pataki, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Academy of Sciences, and Physicians for Social Responsibility
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