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Small for gestational age babies more likely to experience asymmetric growth – News-Medical.Net

Carrying a fetus that is small for gestational age is associated with increased rates of stillbirth and neonatal death as well as metabolic disease in later lif…

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Carrying a fetus that is small for gestational age (SGA) is associated with increased rates of stillbirth and neonatal death as well as metabolic disease in later life.
However, new research from Flinders University placental biologist and pregnancy expert Professor Claire Roberts shows that these SGA babies are also more likely to experience asymmetric growth compared to non-SGA infants.
Babies affected by asymmetric growth are more likely to develop chronic adult onset diseases later in life…

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