11 McParland P, Steel SA, Pearce JMF. The clinical implications of absent or reversed end-diastolic frequencies in the umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms. EurJI Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1991; 37: 15-23. 12 Fleischer A, Schulman H, Farmakides G, Bracero L, Blattner P, Randolph G. Umbilical artery velocity waveforms and intrauterine growth retardation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1985; 151: 502-5...

BACKGROUND Infants exposed to maternal HIV infection who remain HIV-uninfected (HIV-exposed/uninfected; HIV-EU) may be at increased risk of growth retardation, which could be due both to directly HIV-related effects and to socio-economic factors overrepresented among HIV-positive women. OBJECTIVE To investigate growth development at 9-12 months of age in HIV-EU infants participating in preven...

11 McParland P, Steel SA, Pearce JMF. The clinical implications of absent or reversed end-diastolic frequencies in the umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms. EurJI Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1991; 37: 15-23. 12 Fleischer A, Schulman H, Farmakides G, Bracero L, Blattner P, Randolph G. Umbilical artery velocity waveforms and intrauterine growth retardation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1985; 151: 502-5...

To investigate the effect of maternal adrenocortical hormones on the development of fetal pancreatic islet cells, pregnant rats were adrenalectomised on d 6 of gestation. On d 12-16 the growth patterns of fetal insulin-producing B cells, glucagon-producing A cells, and somatostatin-producing D cells were observed histometrically. Maternal adrenalectomy resulted in growth retardation of fetal B ...

Kabuki syndrome (KS, Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome, MIM:147920) is a rare multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome described simultaneously by Niikawa et al, 1988 and Kuroki et al, 1981. The estimated frequency of this syndrome is about 1/32 000 in Japan. KS is characterized by postnatal growth retardation, distinctive facial features, dermatoglyphic anomalies, skeletal dysplasia, and ...

Current research suggests that effort indices designed for the detection of malingered neurocognitive functioning do not have adequate sensitivity or specificity for use in cases where malingered mental retardation (MR) is the issue. Therefore, development and validation of reliable, objective measures for the detection of malingered MR have become imperative for both forensic and disability ca...

A study was undertaken to determine the relationship of somatomedin-C as a growth promoting factor to amino acid composition of umbilical venous blood in relationship to fetal growth. In full term pregnancy somatomedin-C from cases with appropriate fetal growth was greater than those with fetal growth retardation. Within the physical parameters of the neonate only birth weight of appropriate fo...

Blondeau, B., J. Lesage, P. Czernichow, J. P. Dupouy, and B. Bréant. Glucocorticoids impair fetal b-cell development in rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 281: E592–E599, 2001.—In rats, poor fetal growth due to maternal food restriction during pregnancy is associated with decreased b-cell mass at birth and glucose intolerance in adulthood. Overexposure to glucocorticoids in utero can induce in...