Birth weight of twins: 2. Fetal genetic effect on birth weight

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Beiguelman, Bernardo ^a,b,c   Colletto, Glória M D D ^b   Franchi Pinto, Carla ^d   Krieger, Henrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Inst de Cie Biomédicas

^c Servico Genet Medica da S Casa M ^*  (Brazil)

^d Servico Genet Medica da S Casa M   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 0031802345     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571998000100026     Document Type: Article

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