Low birth weight serves as a crude proxy for impaired growth during fetal life and indicates a
failure for the fetus to achieve its full growth potential. Low birth weight can occur in …

Developmental Programming, sometimes also known as Fetal Programming, refers to the
concept that factors affecting fetal growth and development lead to long-term changes in …

Reliable prediction of IUGR may be achieved by combining clinical risk factors with Doppler
abnormalities, fetal growth, and biomarkers. If this can be achieved, there is potential to …

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been defined in several ways, but in general
describes a condition in which the fetus exhibits poor growth in utero. This complication of …

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is when fetuses and newborn infants have not reached
their true growth potential as genetically defined. Fetuses with IUGR develop in a less than …

2 型糖尿病(T2DM) 是由遗传因素和环境因素共同作用而形成的多基因遗传性疾病,
是一种复杂的异质性的糖代谢性疾病, 主要包括高血糖反应, 胰岛功能受损和(或) …

Maternal low-protein diet (LP) throughout gestation affects pancreatic β-cell fraction of the
offspring at birth, thus increasing their susceptibility to metabolic dysfunction and type 2 …

Intrauterine stress impairs growth and metabolism in the fetus and offspring. We recently
found that sustained maternofetal inflammation resulted in intrauterine growth-restricted (MI …

The prevalence of obesity and type 2 (T2D) diabetes is a major health concern in the United
States and around the world. T2D is a complex disease characterized by pancreatic β-cell …

Intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) represents one of the major problems in perinatal
medicine. IUGR is one of main causes of perinatal mortality and morbidity. A huge number …