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A five-stage descriptive scale of the development of VLBW infants’ nutritive sucking defined by the sequential presence/absence of the suction and expression components of sucking and their respective rhythmicity. At the earlier stages (1 to 3), infants readily shift from using either pattern (A) or (B).
