Erica Is Three Years Old and Looks Fairly Healthy,but She

question 22

Multiple Choice

Erica is three years old and looks fairly healthy,but she is extremely small for her age.Erica was removed from her family because of evidence of severe emotional deprivation and is now in a foster home.The cause of Erica's retarded growth is most likely

• A) organic failure-to-thrive syndrome.
• B) nonorganic failure-to-thrive syndrome.
• C) deprivation dwarfism.
• D) psychological nonnutritive syndrome.

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