Dermatoglyphic patterns, very low birth weight, and blood pressure in adolescence
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Dermatoglyphic patterns, very low birth weight, and blood pressure in adolescence.
AIMS To test the null hypotheses that finger and palm prints have no relation with fetal growth or adolescent blood pressure. METHODS All 128 singleton, unimpaired, very low birth weight (VLBW; < or =1500 g) infants born to mothers resident in the county of Merseyside in 1980 and 1981 were studied retrospectively. The comparison group consisted of 128 age, sex, and school matched children. Ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1359-2998
DOI: 10.1136/fn.84.1.f18