Article
[Genes and intra-uterine growth retardation].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Jan 1998
Jeanpierre M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analysis of growth from birth to adulthood shows the existence of a strong genetic component in the variance of size at particular milestones in the growth process, such as height at take-off, at peak velocity and at adulthood. While it is well known that postnatal growth is strongly gene...
Topics
- Adult
- Birth Weight
- Causality
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Fetal Growth Retardation
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Human
- Genotype
- Growth
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Insulin Resistance
- Pedigree
