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[Genes and intra-uterine growth retardation].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Jan 1998
Jeanpierre M
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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 genetically determined, the importance of genes in normal variations of prenatal growth is less known. Genetic analysis of...
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