Associations between birth weight, preeclampsia and cognitive functions in middle-aged adults

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-374

  Factor Litvak, P ^a   Straka, N ^a   Cherkerzian, S ^b,c   Richards, M ^d,e   Liu, X ^a   Sher, A ^f   Neils, G ^g   Goldstein, J ^b,c,h  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ICSDUSA   (United States)

^g Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal growth; fetal programming; neurocognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867386903     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174411000596     Document Type: Article

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