الفهرس 
GROWTH HORMONEOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 155 |  |  |
| | | from | 155 | | |
Abstract
T
his study was conducted on 28 neonates with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).
They were all full term, 57.1% of them were males, 42.9% of them were females.
Meanwhile, 15 healthy neonates, 8 were males and 7 were females, served as control group.
Diagnosis of IUGR was based on: birth weight at or below the 10th percentile for gestational age, the later was determined according to last menstrual period and new Ballard scoring.
All neonates were subjected to: Full maternal history taking, through clinical examination and determination of serum growth hormone (GH) using ELISA technique.
Results of this study showed that there was a statistically very highly significant increase in serum level of growth hormone (GH) in intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) neonates when compared to AGA neonates( P<0.0001).
Correlation studies revealed that among the studied neonates, there was a significant negative correlation between growth hormone levels and birth weight , birth length and gestational age( P <0.05).