Estimating fetal and maternal genetic contributions to premature birth from multiparous pregnancy histories of twins using MCMC and maximum-likelihood approaches

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-342

  York, Timothy P ^a,b   Strauss III, Jerome F ^b   Neale, Michael C ^a,b   Eaves, Lindon J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Fetal; Genetic; Maternal; MCMC; ML; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

EID: 69249212342     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.4.333     Document Type: Article

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