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IUGR and is
At least 60 % of the 4 million neonatal deaths that occur worldwide every year are associated with low birth weight ( LBW ), caused by intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ), preterm delivery, and genetic / chromosomal abnormalities, demonstrating that under-nutrition is already a leading health problem at birth.
The term IUGR is not synonymous with Small for Gestational Age ( SGA ).
Asymmetrical IUGR is more common.
In asymmetrical IUGR, there is restriction of weight followed by length.
This type of IUGR is most commonly caused by extrinsic factors that affect the fetus at later gestational ages.
Symmetrical IUGR is less common and is more worrisome.
Since most neurons are developed by the 18th week of gestation, the fetus with symmetrical IUGR is more likely to have permanent neurological sequela.
If the cause of IUGR is extrinsic to the fetus ( maternal or uteroplacental ), transfer of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus is decreased.
If the cause of IUGR is intrinsic to the fetus, growth is restricted due to genetic factors or as a sequela of infection.
Perinatal mortality rates are 4-8 times higher for infants with IUGR, and morbidity is present in 50 % of surviving infants.
In both of the above models of IUGR in sheep, the absolute magnitude of uterine blood flow is reduced.
If small for gestational age babies have been the subject of intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ), formerly known as intrauterine growth retardation, the term SGA associated with IUGR is used.
Intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ) refers to a condition in which a fetus is unable to achieve its genetically determined potential size.
A related condition, IUGR, is generally diagnosed by measuring the mother's uterus, with the fundal height being less than it should be for that stage of the pregnancy.
For IUGR ( during pregnancy ), possible treatments include the early induction of labor, though this is only done if the condition has been diagnosed and seen as a risk to the health of the fetus.

IUGR and intrauterine
* Assess fetal growth ( for evidence of intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ))
Many children born small for gestational age ( SGA ) because of intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ) have an earlier onset of adrenarche, which raises the possibility that timing of adrenarche may be affected by physiological programming in infancy.

IUGR and fetal
* Intrauterine fetal growth retardation ( IUGR ).

IUGR and growth
Intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ) refers to poor growth of a baby while in the mother's womb during pregnancy.
Presenting at birth, features of the disorder include moderately severe IUGR, microcephaly, craniosynostosis, moderately severe post uterine growth retardation, deafness, deep set eyes, cryptorchidism, truncal obesity and acanthosis nigricans, small teeth, prognathism, dislocated radial heads without generalized skeletal dysplasia, however, tall vertebrae, moderate mental retardation, hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, hypoparathyroidism.

IUGR and SGA
Not all fetuses with IUGR are classified as SGA, and vice versa.

IUGR and .
There are 2 major categories of IUGR: symmetrical and asymmetrical.
This type of IUGR usually begins early in gestation.
Hypothermia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, hypocalcemia, and pulmonary hemorrhage are often results of IUGR.
IUGR affects 3-10 % of pregnancies.
20 % of stillborn infants have IUGR.

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