The effect of intrauterine growth on verbal IQ scores in childhood: A study of monozygotic twins

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Edmonds, Caroline J ^a   Isaacs, Elizabeth B ^a   Cole, Tim J ^a   Rogers, Mary Haslinger ^a   Lanigan, Julie ^a   Singhal, Atul ^a   Birbara, Toni ^a   Gringras, Paul ^b,d   Denton, Jane ^c   Lucas, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Intellectual functioning; Intrauterine growth retardation; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VOCABULARY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78049437133     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3684     Document Type: Article

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