The growth of assisted reproductive treatment-conceived children from birth to 5 years: a national cohort study
Abstract Background Birth weight and early child growth are important predictors of long-term cardiometabolic disease risk, in line with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis. As human assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) occur during the sensitive periconceptional window o...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-11-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1203-7 |