Fetal growth influences lymphocyte subset counts at birth: The generation R study

Neonatology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Duijts, Liesbeth ^a   Bakker Jonges, Liesbeth E ^a   Labout, Joost A M ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Van Dongen, Jacques J M ^a   Hooijkaas, Herbert ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cohort study; Cord blood; Fetal growth; Gestational age; Lymphocyte subsets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949094928     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000153099     Document Type: Article

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