Maternal cotyledons at birth predict blood pressure in childhood

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 672-675

  Barker, D ^a,c   Osmond, C ^a   Grant, S ^b   Thornburg, K L ^c   Cooper, C ^a   Ring, S ^b   Davey Smith, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alspac; Blood pressure; Maternal cotyledons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COTYLEDON; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84882453585     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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