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0001508 Failure to thrive

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Postnatal failure to thrive
Faltering weight
Weight faltering

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Although there is no clear consensus on the exact definition of FTT, it is usually diagnoses in a child growing below the 3rd percentile or in a child whose decreased growth has cross two major growth percentiles (for example, from above the 75th percentile to below the 25th percentile).

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