Do intrauterine or genetic influences explain the foetal origins of chronic disease? A novel experimental method for disentangling effects

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Thapar, Anita ^a   Harold, Gordon ^b   Rice, Frances ^a   Ge, XiaoJia ^c   Boivin, Jacky ^b   Hay, Dale ^b   Van Den Bree, Marianne ^a   Lewis, Allyson ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPERM DONOR; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; INFANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34447256085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-25     Document Type: Article

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