Abnormal Foetal Growth

Fetal growth: energy and substrate requirements; Fetal-maternal circulation; Assessment of gestational age; Definition, epidemiology, and morphometric classification of intrauterine growth retardation; Definition, epidemiology, and classification of macrosomia; Etiology and pathophysiology of intrauterine growth retardation; Fetal macrosomia: etiological factors; Early pregnancy screening: genetic factors and fetal anomalies in intrauterine growth retardation and macrosomia; Sonographic detection of the IUGR fetus; Doppler blood flow studies and fetal growth retardation; Cordocentesis in the study of growth-retarded fetuses; Endocrine fetal assessment in intrauterine growth retardation; Vibroacoustic stimulation of the growth retarded fetus; Antenatal evaluation of the growth-retarded fetus; Intrauterine growth retardation: intrapartum management; Sonographic diagnosis of macrosomia; Fetal macrosomia: antepartum surveillance; Intrapartum management of the macrosomic fetus; Fetal echocardiography: its use in the fetus with growth disturbance; Growth discordance in twins; The cognitive and neurological development of the premature small-for-gestational-age infant; Maternal complications of the macrosomic infant; Macrosomia: neonatal complications; Microcomputer program for fetal growth assessment; Medical-legal considerations in the clinical management of the fetus with a growth disorder.