Genetics of head circumference in infancy: A longitudinal study of Japanese twins

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 630-634

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Karvonen, Marjo ^b   Sugimoto, Masako ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,d   Dunkel, Leo ^e   Yokoyama, Yoshie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; TWINS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79961167083     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21190     Document Type: Article

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