Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T19:56:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-03-01; Inst Politecn Viseu, Escola Super Educ Viseu, Viseu, Portugal; Univ Coimbra, P-1312 Coimbra, Portugal; Univ State Mind West, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; Sao Paulo State Univ, Presidente Prudente, Brazil; Univ Fed Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; Sao Paulo State Univ, Presidente Prudente, Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of (CA)n repeats in the insulin-like growth factor 1 gene and a variable number of tandem repeats of the insulin gene on birth size in children who are small or adequate-sized for gestational age and to correlate these polymorphisms with serum insulin-like growth factor 1 levels and insulin sensitivity in children who are small for gestational age, with and without catch-...