Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms do not affect growth in fetal and early postnatal life. The Generation R Study

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Geelhoed, Miranda J J ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Koper, Jan W ^a   van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a   Moll, Henriette A ^a   Raat, Hein ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 77951161425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-39     Document Type: Article

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