INTRAUTERINE GROWTH-RETARDATION IN TUNISI A - EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETIOLOGIES

A six-month prospective study was carried out at the La Rabta Maternit y Hospital in Tunis in 211 neonates with intrauterine growth retardati on (IUGR) who represented 3.45% of all live births and 38.4% of low bi rth-weight infants. Among the many, often interrelated causes of IUGR, the most common was vascular disease (hypertension, diabetes mellitus , toxemia), followed by maternal malnutrition, genetic diseases, and c hronic maternal diseases (nephropathies, connective tissue diseases, s ickle cell anemia...). TORCH was infrequent. No cause of IUGR was dete cted in 28% of cases.