Slower postnatal motor development in infants of mothers with latent toxoplasmosis during the first 18months of life

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 879-884

  Kaňková, Šárka ^a   Šulc, Jan ^b   Křivohlavá, Romana ^c   Kuběna, Aleš ^a   Flegr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Centre of Reproductive Medicine   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Immunity; Motor development; Parasite; Retardation; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84866850442     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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