Panagiotis Fotinopoulos, Sotirios P Fortis, Louiza G Mahaira, Maria Salagianni, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Georgios Daskalakis, Nikolaos Papantoniou, Aris Antsaklis, Kalliopi I Pappa
Background and Objectives: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is worldwide a public health problem. IUGR-born individuals acquire epigenetic “thrifty-phenotype” gene adaptations, according to the “Barker hypothesis” and are more susceptible to develop metabolic related diseases. Small for Gestational Age (SGA) fetuses consist of a transitional group between IUGR and normally grown fetuses …