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Published on: June 29, 2013
Macrosomia and fetal growth restriction: evidence for similar extrauterine metabolic risks but with differences in
Inga Tsantekidou1, Nikolaos Evangelinakis2, Alexandra Bargiota3
1School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Purpose:
To investigate and compare the causes of macrosomia and FGR fetuses, their ultrasound characteristics and the importance of their similar metabolic profile in intrauterine and extrauterine life.
Materials And Methods:
We searched Pubmed/Google Scholar database up until 15 December 2020 using keywords. Out of the 70 matching results we selected 50 most representative and matching papers.
Results:
We found similar causes and metabolic profiles and in both conditions offspring are at increased risk of developing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in the extrauterine life.
Conclusion:
Despite similarities of the maternal factors and fetal metabolic profile it is still unknown which of them has worse metabolic status during intrauterine and extrauterine life.
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