Growth patterns of the heart and kidney suggest inter-organ collaboration in facultative fetal growth

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-194

  Lampl, Michelle ^a   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^b   Jeanty, Philippe ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Women's Health Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 16344384211     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20109     Document Type: Review

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