Fetal sex specific differences in human placentation: A prospective cohort study

Placenta

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 359-364

  Brown, Z A ^a   Schalekamp Timmermans, S ^a   Tiemeier, H W ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Jaddoe, V W V ^a   Steegers, E A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal sex; placental biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOMOCYSTEINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FLT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; BLOOD; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 2; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 84900440651     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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