The shifting trajectory of growth in femur length during gestation

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1029-1033

  Bjørnerem, Åshild ^a,b   Johnsen, Synnøve L ^c   Nguyen, Tuan V ^d   Kiserud, Torvid ^c,e   Seeman, Ego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Fetal Growth; Osteoporosis; Tracking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77953520981     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.091107     Document Type: Article

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