1985
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320200110
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Introduction to the study of pre‐and postnatal growth in humans: A review

Abstract: This review is divided in several items. A brief introduction on the characterization of the growth processes is made; the ways of assessing fetal development and well-being, the factors acting on fetal growth and birth weight, the causes and post-natal consequences of prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation are discussed in the first part. The following items deal mainly with: the normal pattern of growth from birth to puberty according to sex, race, and nutritional status, with special mention to pub… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1
1
1

Citation Types

0
10
1
1

Year Published

1986
1986
2013
2013

Publication Types

Select...
8
2

Relationship

0
10

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 21 publications
(12 citation statements)
references
References 69 publications
0
10
1
1
Order By: Relevance
“…Humans have two periods of accelerated growth, during fetal development and during puberty. The sexual maturation during puberty accompanies a body-weight increase and skeletal expansion [27], but in cynomologus monkeys the growth spurt during adolescence has been observed only in males [33]. Furthermore, in this study, the body weight-age curve did not show the adolescent growth acceleration.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 67%
“…Humans have two periods of accelerated growth, during fetal development and during puberty. The sexual maturation during puberty accompanies a body-weight increase and skeletal expansion [27], but in cynomologus monkeys the growth spurt during adolescence has been observed only in males [33]. Furthermore, in this study, the body weight-age curve did not show the adolescent growth acceleration.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 67%
“…A disproportion between the limbs and trunk is usually attributed to dysfunctional bone maturation or differentiation. Elucidation of the genetic basis of skeletal dysplasias has highlighted central defects in extracellular proteins, metabolic pathways, signal transduction mechanisms, core proteins, oncogenes and genes processing RNA and DNA as underlying mechanisms of growth [2][4]. However, skeletal dysplasias are rare [5], and the most common known causes of short stature are a dysfunctional growth hormone pathway, deficiency of the transcription factor SHOX and Ullrich-Turner syndrome in women [6][8].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the era dominated by the Lyon hypothesis which saw the 2 nd X as totally inert, aneuploidy per se was considered a possible cause of many if not all the features of TS (Mendez 1985;Ogata and Matsuo 1995). This view was influenced by observation of apparent similarities between TS and Down syndrome, e.g., neck webbing, congenital heart defects and short stature.…”
Section: Aneuploidymentioning
confidence: 99%