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Introduction: Zinc deficiency is very much prevalent among pregnant women in developing countries. Zinc is required to maintain normal structure and function of multiple enzymes including those that are involved in foetal growth.
Nishu Gupta +3 more
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Objective: Advances in technology and treatments have improved the survival rate of small for gestational age (SGA) infants that need more concern for their neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Hosein Dalili +4 more
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Background This study aims to explore the relationships between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG), rate of GWG during the second and third trimesters (GWGrate) and birth weight among Chinese women.
Yawen Wang +9 more
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Early neonatal hypoglycemia in term and late preterm small for gestational age newborns
Background: Neonatal hypoglycemia is a common metabolic occurrence among small for gestational age (SGA) neonates. This study aims to determine the incidence of early neonatal hypoglycemia and confirms the potential risk factors among term and late ...
Lin-Yu Wang +3 more
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The Fetus That Is Small for Gestational Age
Abstract: The symmetric small for gestational age (SGA) fetus presents a complex management problem for the obstetrician, but the growth restriction affects morbidity and mortality at all stages of life. The differential diagnosis in symmetric growth aberration includes the constitutionally small fetus, the fetus with pathology, and the ...
Vrachnis, Nikolaos +2 more
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Small for gestational age and obesity: epidemiology and general risks [PDF]
Children born small for gestational age (SGA) have several life-long consequences. Previous epidemiological studies investigated from childhood to adulthood reported that a number of chronic diseases originate in the prenatal period.
Hyo-Kyoung Nam, Kee-Hyoung Lee
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Background: Growth charts are the primary tools for evaluating neonatal birth weight and length. They help and qualify the neonates as Appropriate for Gestational Age (AGA), Small for Gestational Age (SGA), or Large for Gestational Age (LGA).
Dominik Jakubowski +8 more
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Hypoglycemic status in low birth weight neonates during first 24 hours of life after birth
Objective: The study aimed to determine the frequency of hypoglycemia in low birth weight neonates during the first 24 hours of life after birth. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st March 2016 to 31st August 2016 ...
Sundus Khan +4 more
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Maternal and neonatal outcome in gestational hypertension
Background: Gestational hypertension (GH) has an incidence of 1012% in Indian women. This leads to complications in both mother and fetus in later stages of pregnancy such as pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, small for gestational age, intrauterine death, and ...
Akhila N R, Lingaraj Jayalakshmi
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Thrombocytopenia in Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Thrombocytopenia is common among small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates (birth weight <10th percentile reference range), but several aspects of this thrombocytopenia are unclear, including the incidence, typical nadir, duration, association with preeclampsia, mechanism, and risk of death.
Robert D, Christensen +5 more
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