Antenatal antecedents of a small head circumference at age 24-months post-term equivalent in a sample of infants born before the 28th post-menstrual week

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 515-521

  Leviton, Alan ^a   Kuban, Karl ^b   Allred, Elizabeth N ^a,c   Hecht, Jonathan L ^d   Onderdonk, Andrew ^e   O'Shea, T Michael ^f   McElrath, Thomas ^e   Paneth, Nigel ^g  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Microcephaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROCEPHALY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICROCEPHALY; ODDS RATIO; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77955845730     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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