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Small for gestational age (SGA) infants are defined as infant with a birth weight below the 10th percentile of the average weight for gestational age or below 2 standard deviations for gestational age.More evidences have suggested that compared with the appropriate for gestational age infants,besides the short stature,there are also higher risks of lower intelligence,poor academic performance,low social competence,behavioral problems in SGA infants.
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Objective:To understand the psychological characteristics of nephrotic syndrome.Methods:The personality characteristics,intelligence and social adaptive behavior(SAB) of 67 moderate to severe nephrotic syndrome aged 7～14 years were measured by means of EPQ,CBCL,CRT and SAB scales.Results:The EPQ-N score of nephritic syndrome group was higher than that of control group( P 0.05).The nephritic group got a significantly lower social/self direction factor score than the control group.Conclusion:The results showed that nephritic syndrome possessed personality characteristics of neuroticism and obvious behavior problems;and their social adaptive behavior,particularly social/self-direction factor,was significantly lower than that of normal children.