Male sex bias in placental dysfunction

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 779-783

  Murji, Ally ^a   Proctor, Leslie K ^a   Paterson, Andrew D ^b   Chitayat, David ^c   Weksberg, Rosanna ^b   Kingdom, John ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Placental insufficiency; Pre eclampsia; Sex preponderance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GENDER BIAS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX RATIO; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 84858999082     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35250     Document Type: Article

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