Intrauterine growth retardation

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Intrauterine growth retardation
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) refers to persons small for their gestational age

Differential Diagnosis

In alphabetical order.

Asymmetric IUGR

• Gestational diabetes mellitus
• Maternal cigarette smoking
• Maternal collagen vascular disease
• Maternal hypertension
• Maternal infection
• Maternal preclampsia

Symmetric IUGR

• Chromosomal abnormality
• Congenital malformation
• Drugs, toxins
• Listeria
• Maternal anemia
• Maternal malnutrition
• Multiple gestation
• Phenylketonuria
• Syphilis
• TORCH virus infection (Toxoplasma gondii; Other viruses; Rubella; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex)
• Tuberculosis