Archives of Disease in Childhood 1989;64:369-372; doi:10.1136/adc.64.3.369
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Maternal insecurity and failure to thrive in Asian children.
T R Fenton,
R Bhat,
A Davies,
R West
Department of Paediatrics, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.
Four Asian babies were investigated because they failed to thrive. In all four cases the failure to thrive was a result of the mother's social isolation and inability to communicate, and to the father's refusal to accept that there was a problem in the family.
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