Genetic and environmental components of neonatal weight gain in preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Brescianini, Sonia ^a   Giampietro, Silvia ^b   Cotichini, Rodolfo ^a   Lucchini, Renato ^b   De Curtis, Mario ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth; Preterm infants; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84856512334     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0510     Document Type: Article

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