Article
GWAS on prolonged gestation (post-term birth): analysis of successive Finnish birth cohorts.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2018
Schierding William, Antony Jisha, Karhunen Ville, Vääräsmäki Marja, Franks Steve, Elliott Paul, Kajantie Eero, Sebert Sylvain, Blakemore Alex, Horsfield Julia A, Järvelin Marjo-Riitta, O'Sullivan Justin M, Cutfield Wayne S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gestation is a crucial timepoint in human development. Deviation from a term gestational age correlates with both acute and long-term adverse health effects for the child. Both being born preterm and post-term, that is, having short and long gestational ages, are heritable and influenced by the prenatal and perinatal environment. Despite the obvious heritable component, specific genetic influences...
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