Processes of absorption and utilization of glucose in newborn infants with intrauterine hypotrophy

: Overall 75 neonates with intrauterine hypotrophy (IH) and 19 healthy children were examined for glucose absorption and utilization according to the glucose tolerance test data. IH neonates were revealed to have and increase of glucose absorption and retardation of its utilization. The high blood glucose concentrations seen 2 hours after the test support functional insufficiency of the pancreas in IH.