[Intrauterine growth retardation of newborns with congenital anomalies].

The authors examined 11,799 newborns whose intrauterine life lasted from 28 to 42 weeks. In the group of dysmature infants (443) malformations were present in 11% and in the group of prematures (841) in 4.3%. Malformations were divided according to localization. The most significant difference was observed in the occurrence of malformations of the extremities (dysmature infants 27.17% and prematures 15.79%). It is concluded that malformations appear to be considerably more frequent in dismature infants than in prematures and that by their presence they affect the child's intrauterine growth.