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fetal growth retardation.Medical dictionary. 2011.
intrauterine growth restriction — IUGR failure of a fetus to achieve its growth potential, resulting in the birth of a baby whose birth weight is abnormally low in relation to its gestational age (see small for gestational age). Causes include maternal disease (e.g. infection,… … The new mediacal dictionary
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) — The growth of the fetus is abnormally slow. When born, the baby appears too small, considering its dates. Intrauterine growth retardation is associated with increased risk of medical illness and death in the newborn. Intrauterine growth… … Medical dictionary
Intrauterine Wachtsumsverzögerung — Small for Gestational Age (englisch: klein bezogen auf das Reifealter), abgekürzt SGA, ist eine international gebräuchliche medizinische Bezeichnung. In Ermangelung einer griffigen deutschen Entsprechung setzt sie sich auch im deutschen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Growth hormone treatment — Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands. GH is now produced by recombinant DNA technology, and… … Wikipedia
restriction — 1. The process with which foreign DNA that has been introduced into a prokaryotic cell becomes ineffective. 2. A limitation. asymmetric fetal growth r. normal fetal head size as a result of preferential shunting of blood to b … Medical dictionary
fetal growth retardation — intrauterine growth retardation birth weight below the tenth percentile for gestational age for infants in a given population; classified as symmetric or proportionate (both weight and length below normal) and asymmetric or disproportionate… … Medical dictionary
Growth hormone — HGH redirects here. For other uses, see HGH (disambiguation). Growth hormone 1 Growth hormone Identifiers Symbol GH1 … Wikipedia
Small for gestational age — ICD9|765 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D007230 Small for gestational age (SGA) babies are those whose birth weight lies below the 10th percentile for that gestational age. They have usually been the subject … Wikipedia
Nutriepigenomics — is the study of food nutrients and their effects on human health through epigenetic modifications. There is now considerable evidence that nutritional imbalances during gestation and lactation are linked to non communicable diseases, such as… … Wikipedia
Birth weight — is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height. A baby born within the normal range of weight for that… … Wikipedia
