Placental weight: relation to maternal weight and growth parameters of full-term babies at birth and during childhood.

Human growth is a continuous process. Studies defining placental effect on prenatal and postnatal human growth are few. We studied the anthropometric data of hundred mothers who gave birth at term after an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy, and their infants in relation to their placental weight using linear regression analysis.

Longitudinal growth of infants in Qatar: comparison with WHO and CDC growth standards.

Longitudinal growth data for infants in Qatar were compared to growth standards published by the CDC and WHO. 300 randomly selected full-term normal infants (150 males, 150 females) in Qatar were followed-up and weight and length were sequentially recorded at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months age. The mean length for age of girls was higher than those published by the CDC and WHO at 12 and 18 months of age.

Clinical responses to a mega-dose of vitamin D3 in infants and toddlers with vitamin D deficiency rickets.

Objectives: Was to investigate the effect of treatment with an IM injection, a mega dose of vitamin D3 (10,000 IU/kg) on the clinical, biochemical and radiological parameters of 40 rachitic children with vitamin D deficiency (VDD) over a period of 3 months.

Design: In this prospective study we evaluated the clinical, biochemical and radiological responses of an IM injection of cholecalciferol (10,000 IU/kg) for 3 months.

Results: At presentation, the most frequent manifestations were enlarged wrist joints, hypotonia, irritability, cranial bossing, wide anterior fontanel, bow legs, delayed teething and walking and Harrison's sulcus with chest rosaries.