Maternal Anthropometry and Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) - A Hospital Based Study

IUGR - Intrauterine growth retardation MeHg - Methyl Mercury MRT – Mean

Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) including Russell Silver Syndrome A Guide for Parents and Patients

[Energy intake, maternal nutritional status and intrauterine growth retardation].

To explore the association between low caloric intake during pregnancy and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), a case-control study with 264 cases and 892 controls was conducted in three maternity hospitals in Mexico City from January to August 1995. Nutritional information on pregnancy was recorded using a previously validated food frequency questionnaire. After adjusting for other known m...

A case-control study of maternal alcohol consumption and intrauterine growth retardation.

PURPOSE Heavy maternal drinking during pregnancy causes fetal alcohol syndrome, but whether more moderate alcohol consumption is associated with such adverse pregnancy outcomes as intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) remains controversial. METHODS Using data from a case-control study, we examined the association between maternal alcohol consumption and risk for IUGR among 701 case and 336 c...

Intrauterine growth retardation.

The recognition that some low birthweight babies (<2500 g) were the victims of intrauterine growth retardation rather than premature birth was a milestone in perinatal medicine.'3 Up to 10% of all liveborn babies and at least 30% of those of low birth weight suffer from intrauterine growth retardation; their perinatal mortality is four to 10 times higher than that of normally grown babies-both ...