Puberty in children with intrauterine growth retardation.
There is a remarkable scarcity of data concerning puberty in children born with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). What little there is suggests that puberty occurs at a normal age compared with the general population, but a little early compared with other short children. The pattern of puberty is quite normal in children born with IUGR, with normal inter-relationships between the various events, although the growth spurt is, on average, a little less intense than in the normal population. In general, adult height is significantly compromised, partly because of the rather attenuated pubertal growth spurt.
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Institute of Child Health, University College London Medical School, UK.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D011627:Puberty; D013577:Syndrome