Key result
Fetal growth hormone is characterized by nearly complete resistance and has little effect on longitudinal growth, but may play a role in fat and glucose metabolism during perinatal life.
Fetal growth is largely GH-independent and nutrition-dependent, transitioning to GH-dependent longitudinal growth during the first months of life.
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Does not support GH interventions for fetal growth; leaves open its perinatal metabolic roles for targeted research.
H Wollmann (2000) conducted a review in Perinatal growth and development. Growth Hormone was evaluated. Fetal growth hormone is characterized by nearly complete resistance and has little effect on longitudinal growth, but may play a role in fat and glucose metabolism during perinatal life.
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