Intra-uterine exposure to dual fetal programming sequences among surviving co-twins

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b   Ibrahimou, Boubakari ^a   Dagne, Getachew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change points; fetal programming; stillbirth; surviving co twins

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL PROGRAMMING; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TWINS; UTERUS;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 78650112967     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.482600     Document Type: Article

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