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Introduction Low birth weight (LBW) is a consequence of either intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) resulting in infants born small for gestational age (SGA) or due to preterm interruption of gestation or a combination of these two. LBW
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defects), IGFALS mutations and IGF1R gene mutations or rearrangements. Most reported IGF1R mutations were diagnosed in children born small for gestational age (SGA) ( 1 ). These mutations can affect ligand binding and/or reduce cell-surface IGF1R
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under recognised condition (6) ; its core characteristics of pre- and post-natal growth impairment are shared with all small for gestational age (SGA) children with failure of catch up growth. This includes many children in whom there is as yet no clear
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), idiopathic short stature (ISS) and small for gestational age (SGA) ( 1 , 2 ). Although clinical characteristics of these growth disorders often overlap, criteria for SGA can be distinguished from those of other GH disorders in that diagnosis is defined by
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.icped.org ) ( 6 ), short children born small for gestational age (SGA) is classified under primary growth disorders according to the absence of a known factor outside of the growth plate, and thus the expectation that the cause may reside in the growth plate
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syndrome (TS), chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) and children born small for gestational age (SGA) ( 2 , 3 ). Pathologies requiring the administration of r-hGH in pediatric patients show a great variability in severity (especially among secretion
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studies have shown that birth weight may even be related to the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases during adulthood ( 1 ). Small for gestational age (SGA), which reflects fetal intrauterine growth restriction, is a major risk factor for perinatal
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small-for-gestational age (SGA), defined as birthweight below the 10 th centile of gestational age- and sex-matched healthy reference population, are conventional indicators of IUGR. Length and head circumference at birth are important indicators of
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Introduction Recombinant human growth hormone (GH) is approved for use in the treatment of children with various aetiologies, including growth hormone deficiency (GHD), Turner syndrome (TS) and born small for gestational age (SGA) with no
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features SGA, short stature, relative macrocephaly, prominent forehead, triangular face with pointed chin, prominent nose with high nasal bridge, large, dysplastic, and low-set ears, enlarged upper incisors. Normal psychomotoric development. (referred