IMPE Abstracts

Background: Fetal growth restriction (FGR) has been suggested to cause persistent effects long after birth, namely fetal programming (FP). Although FP has drawn attention, a number of questions remain to be answered. One of the major questions is time dependency, i.e., whether the timing when FP occurs would affect the outcome after birth. Indeed, in neonates born small for gestational age (SGA), a consequence of FGR, the potential of catch-up growth which usu...