Impact of size at birth on the microvasculature: The avon longitudinal study of parents and children

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Tapp, Robyn J ^a,b,d   Williams, Cathy ^c   Witt, Nicholas ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^a   Evans, Richard ^a   McG Thom, Simon A ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Ness, Andrew ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Birth weight; Retinal vascular geometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROCIRCULATION; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36048946592     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2951     Document Type: Article

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