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Published on: August 25, 2014
[Assessment of insular development in small for gestational age infants]
Yuan-Nong Chen1, Li-Xia Sun, Yan-Qiu Zhang
1Department of Pediatrics, Taiyuan Women' s and Children' s Health Care Hospital, Taiyuan, Shaanxi 030012, China.
Objective:
To study the insular development of small for gestational age (SGA) infants.
Methods:
The insular area and circle were measured by cerebral ultrasonography in 92 SGA infants. The results were compared with those from 109 appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants.
Results:
The insular area and circle were positively correlated with the birth weight and gestational age in SGA infants. The insular area in SGA infants with a gestational age of either >37 weeks (451 +/- 92 mm2 vs 516 +/- 116 mm2; p<0.01) or < or = 34 weeks (248 +/- 78 mm2 vs 314 +/- 80 mm2; p<0.01) was significantly less than that in the AGA infants. The insular circle in SGA infants with a gestational age of >37 weeks was also significantly less than that in the AGA infants (92 +/- 11 mm vs 97 +/- 11 mm; p<0.05).
Conclusions:
The insular development of SGA infants seems to be immature. The insular development may be assessed based on the insular area and circle measured by cerebral ultrasonography.
