It has been postulated that both idiopatic fetal growth retardation (FGR) and FGR associated with pre-eclampsia (PE) share common pathophysiologic alterations (Wallenburg, 1988).The aim of this ...

For SGA children with severe growth retardation (i.e. with no catch-up growth by 2–4 years of age and a height ≥2.5 SD below the population mean), growth hormone therapy is recommended until ...