title: [Meconium proteins in small-for-gestational-age infants].
abstract: Considering that a greater concentration of proteins in the meconium of children with pancreatic achylia has been reported, the possibility was set forth that a similar finding was present in infants with intrauterine malnutrition; this probability was established on the basis that a dysfunction of the exocrine pancreas is present in postnatal malnutrition. The study comprised 37 samples of meconium from full-term infants; 27 of them from adequate weight newborns and the remaining 10, from low weight infants for their gestational age. The results showed a significant difference when the concentration of albumin and of alpha-1-antitrypsin registered for both groups was compared. In infants classed as malnourished because of their lower weight expected for their gestational age, both the albumin as the alpha-1-antitrypsin were found raised.
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000032:analysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008470:Meconium / Q000032:analysis*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin
vernacular_title: Las proteínas del meconio en niños de peso bajo para su edad gestacional.