Skeletal maturity at birth and at the age of 3 years of infants malnourished in utero.
Twenty five term infants malnourished in utero and 25 matched controls were studied at birth and at 2 1/2-3 1/2 years of age. At birth the infants malnourished in utero had a significant retardation in skeletal maturity in comparison with the control group. At 2 1/2-3 1/2 years of age the average skeletal maturity of the intrauterine malnourished children approached that of the controls. However, those with a length below the national 10th centile still showed a retarded skeletal growth in comparison with those who had reached a length above the 10th centile for age.
D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001846:Bone Development; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy