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11837508

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) are defined as those with a birth weight and/or birth length below two standard deviations for gestational age. Postnatal catch-up growth is absent in 8-12% of children born SGA and these children achieve adult heights far below their target height. The objectives of our retrospective study were to confirm the prevalence of catch-up growth and to refine the kinetics of the catch-up process. The 'Lyon series' of patients consisted of 179 children with 'idiopathic' SGA, of whom 8% did not achieve catch-up growth (i.e. their height remained below -2 SD throughout the study). The number of days that the mother was hospitalized before delivery was found to be significantly correlated with lack of catch-up growth. Maternal hypertension, term delivery and postnatal parenteral nutrition were also associated with lack of catch-up growth, but the relationship was not significant. In addition, an oscillatory growth velocity pattern was observed in boys and girls born SGA, with alternating periods of growth acceleration and deceleration. This suggests that catch-up growth is regulated in a sophisticated way by the hypothetical 'Somatostat', although further confirmation of this process is needed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0334-018X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14 Suppl 6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1515-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
New insights into the postnatal growth of infants born 'idiopathic' small for gestational age.
pubmed:affiliation
Université Claude Bernard and Service d'Endocrinologie and Diabetologie Pediatriques, Hôpital Debrousse, Lyon, France. Pierre.Chatelain@pharmacia.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article