Association between erythropoietin in cord blood of twins and size at birth: Does it relate to gestational factors or to factors during labor or delivery?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 680-684

  Morley, Ruth ^a   Moore, Vivienne M ^b   Dwyer, Terence ^c   Owens, Julie A ^b   Umstad, Mark P ^d   Carlin, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANOXIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 17744379167     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000156505.12614.FF     Document Type: Article

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