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The terms growth and development should not be used indiscriminately to refer to all of the changes taking place in the first few years of a child’s life. Growth means only those events resulting in an increase in size. Growth is most rapid in early childhood and is virtually complete at the end of adolescence.
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Golden, G.S. (1987). Developmental Examination. In: Textbook of Pediatric Neurology. Topics in Pediatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7029-1_7
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