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Growth of functional cranial components in rats with intrauterine growth retardation after treatment with growth hormone.
Eur J Orthod
December 2012
Institute of Veterinary Genetics Ingeniero Fernando Noel Dulout (IGEVET), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata-National Council of Scientific Investigations and Techniques.
The goal of this study was to analyse the effect of growth hormone (GH) on catch-up growth of functional facial (splanchnocranial) and neurocranial components in rats with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Wistar rats were divided into the following groups: control (C), sham-operated (SH), IUGR, and IUGR + GH. IUGR was surgically induced and GH was administered between 21 and 60 days of age.
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