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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Main Authors: Mark Hann, Stephen A. Roberts, Stephen W. D’Souza, Peter Clayton, Nick Macklon, Daniel R. Brison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1203-7