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Increased insulin sensitivity in intrauterine growth retarded newborns--do thyroid hormones play a role?
Clin Chim Acta
February 2007
Department of Biochemistry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Pondicherry - 605 006, India.
Background: Thyroid hormones are necessary for normal brain development. We studied thyroid hormone profile and insulin sensitivity in intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) newborns to find correlation between insulin sensitivity and thyroid status in IUGR newborns.
Methods: Fifty IUGR and fifty healthy control infants were studied at birth.