Is the Response to Growth Hormone in Short Children Born Small for Gestational Age Dependent on Genetic or Maternal Factors

Otto Mehls,Anders Lindberg,Markus Bettendorf,H.G. Doerr,Berthold P. Hauffa,S. Kaspers,Tilman R. Rohrer,N Stahnke,Michael B. Ranke

Is the Response to Growth Hormone in Short Children Born Small for Gestational Age Dependent on Genetic or Maternal Factors

2009

Otto Mehls
Anders Lindberg
Markus Bettendorf
H.G. Doerr
Berthold P. Hauffa
S. Kaspers
Tilman R. Rohrer
N Stahnke
Michael B. Ranke

Background/Aims: We investigated whether genetic or maternal/environmental risk factors for being born small for gestational age (SGA), e.g. Silver-Russell syndrome, congenital hear

Keywords:

Silver–Russell syndrome
Environmental Risk Factor
Prospective cohort study
Hormone
Small for gestational age
Multivariate analysis
Diabetes mellitus
Endocrinology
Internal medicine
Growth hormone treatment
Pediatrics
Medicine
growth hormone
Child development
Retrospective cohort study
Pregnancy

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