Management of intrauterine growth retardation is an important issue in obstetric practice. Since the introduction of Doppler ultrasonography, the problems associated with screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and identifying foetuses at risk have decreased in recent years. Owing to the use of Doppler ultrasonography, there is now a trend towards early delivery.

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have a high prevalence of osteopenia.  Hypercalciuria has also been well documented in human diabetes and many children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus have short stature. Objective: To investigate the relationship of hypercalciuria and hyperphosphaturia with growth retardation ...

background: previous studies have demonstrated that patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (iddm) have a high prevalence of osteopenia.  hypercalciuria has also been well documented in human diabetes and many children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus have short stature.   objective: to investigate the relationship of hypercalciuria and hyperphosphaturia with growth retardatio...

BACKGROUND Infants exposed to maternal HIV infection who remain HIV-uninfected (HIV-exposed/uninfected; HIV-EU) may be at increased risk of growth retardation, which could be due both to directly HIV-related effects and to socio-economic factors overrepresented among HIV-positive women. OBJECTIVE To investigate growth development at 9-12 months of age in HIV-EU infants participating in preven...