seventy-four infants with birth weights 1009 +/- 28 grams and gestational age 28.6 +/- 0.3 weeks ( m +/- sem ) were studied prospectively to test the hypotheses that bone mineral content ( bmc ) measured by photon absorptiometry , would be : ( 1 ) lower in very low birth weight ( vlbw ) infants with radiographic evidence of fractures and/or rickets ( f/r ) , and ( 2 ) will continue to be lower over the first year when compared to vlbw infants without f/r .
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infants
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vlbw infants