Abstract
Intrauterine growth retardation involves haemodynamic modifications in the uterus and placenta. In order to study intrauterine growth retardation we obtained an electrically induced thermal placental injury in a rabbit experimental model. The effects on weight of fetuses, placentas and single organs were recorded and statistically analysed. Fetal growth retardation was recorded in 71% of fetuses exposed to 15 mA direct current per 40 seconds, and resulted in only 7.9% of normal fetuses. The data presented in this study have shown a retardation of fetal growth particularly evident in the liver weight with a relative sparing of brain development. Kidney and heart do not present a statistically significant reduction in growth. This growth retardation model is simple and readily reproducible.
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