Hypersomatotropism in the Dysmature Infant at Term and Preterm Birth
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neonatology
- Vol. 58 (4) , 188-191
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000243267
Abstract
Growth hormone (GH) concentrations were measured in cord serum of small (< 2.4 kg), appropriate (3.4 ± 0.1 kg) and large (> 4.4 kg) infants born at term (38–42 weeks), and in cord serum of prematurely born twins (28–36 weeks) which were either appropriate ( > P10) or small ( < P10) for gestational age. Cord serum GH levels were found to be significantly elevated in small for gestational age infants, both at term and preterm birth. In view of the insulin-antagonizing action of fetal GH, these results further support a homeostatic function for GH in the late-gestational human fetus.Keywords
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