Growth perturbations in a phenotype with rapid fetal growth preceding preterm labor and term birth

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 782-792

  Lampl, Michelle ^a,b   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^b,c   Erez, Offer ^b,c   Gotsch, Francesca ^b   Espinoza, Jimmy ^b   Goncalves, Luis ^b   Lee, Wesley ^b   Gomez, Ricardo ^d   Nien, Jyh Kae ^d   Frongillo, Edward A ^e   Romero, Roberto ^b,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449655699     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20880     Document Type: Article

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