Fetal growth: Boys before girls

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 258-259

  De Zegher, Francis ^a   Devlieger, Hugo ^b   Eeckels, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Androgen; Birth weight; Fetus; Gender; Growth, fetal

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032750582     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023382     Document Type: Article

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