Positive association of maternal G protein β3 subunit 825T allele with reduced head circumference at birth

Pediatric Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 687-691

  Masuda, Kentaro ^a   Osada, Hisao ^a   Iitsuka, Yoshinori ^a   Seki, Katsuyoshi ^a   Sekiya, Souei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CODON; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036841988     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000032158.39528.21     Document Type: Article

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