Estimating the relative contributions of maternal genetic, paternal genetic and intrauterine factors to offspring birth weight and head circumference

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Rice, Frances ^a,b   Thapar, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Genetic; Growth; Intrauterine; IVF; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERM DONOR; UTERUS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FATHERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955275938     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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