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Seventy-eight full term />37 weeks/ toxaemic pregnancies were observed. Classification of toxaemia: a/ Mild: diastolic pressure 81–90 Hgmm, no proteiuuria, 39 cases; b/Moderate: diastolic pressure 91–110 Hgmm, moderate proteinuria, oedema, 18 cases; c/ Severe: diastolic pressure above 110 Hgmm, or 91–110 Hgmm and marked proteinuria, oedema; 20 cases. Growth retardation was stated when ultrasonic measurements of the biparietal and abdominal diameters were below the 5th percentile in the last week of pregnancy and postpartal weight, length and head circumference values were below the 10th percentile on local growth charts. Mild to moderate toxaemia had no influence on intrauterine development. Nine babies of the 20 severely toxaemic mothers were retarded in weight, 5 in lenght and head circumference aswell. Eight of the latter nine were characterized by extremely small abdomina l diameters /10–21 mm below the mean for gestational age/. The biparietal diameter was below the 5th percentile in 4 cases of general growth retardation and in 2 cases of babies with small head circumference.
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Rosta, J., Tarró, S., Várady, E. et al. INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION IN TOXAEMIC PREGNANCIES. Pediatr Res 9, 855 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197511000-00022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197511000-00022
