Is the fetoplacental ratio a differential marker of fetal growth restriction in small for gestational age infants?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 331-341

  Luque Fernandez, Miguel Angel ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^b,c   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^d   Gaillard, Romy ^d   Albert, Paul S ^e   Schomaker, Michael ^f   McElduff, Patrick ^g   Enquobahrie, Daniel A ^h   Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Williams, Michelle A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Epidemiology; Fetal growth retardation; Placenta; Regression analysis; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL RATIO; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84926455265     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-9993-9     Document Type: Article

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