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retardation
(redirected from fetal growth retardation)

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The goal of MIREC is to obtain not only national-level data on maternal and neonatal exposure to environmental contaminants identified by the federal government as priority substances (due to their harmful effects on human health and the environment), but also to determine if heavy metal exposure is related to elevated maternal blood pressure, hypertension, altered sex ratio and fetal growth retardation as some previous studies have indicated.
An autopsy determined that the baby died from the combined effects of the tight umbilical cord and a severe inflammation of the placenta with associated fetal growth retardation.
Both infections were independently associated with increased risk of low birthweight, very low birthweight, low Apgar score and fetal growth retardation.
 
 
 
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