High-altitude ancestry protects against hypoxia-associated reductions in fetal growth

dc.contributor.authorColleen G. Julian
dc.contributor.authorEnrique Vargas
dc.contributor.authorJ. Fernando Armaza
dc.contributor.authorMegan J. Wilson
dc.contributor.authorSusan Niermeyer
dc.contributor.authorLorna G. Moore
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T13:53:39Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T13:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionCitaciones: 120
dc.description.abstractAndean relative to European ancestry protects against altitude-associated reductions in fetal growth. The intermediate protection seen in the admixed (Mestizo) group is consistent with the influence of genetic or other Andean-specific protective characteristics.
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/adc.2006.109579
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.109579
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/43339
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBMJ
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
dc.sourceHigh Altitude Observatory
dc.subjectHypoxia (environmental)
dc.subjectFetus
dc.subjectEffects of high altitude on humans
dc.subjectBiology
dc.subjectFetal growth
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectPhysiology
dc.titleHigh-altitude ancestry protects against hypoxia-associated reductions in fetal growth
dc.typearticle

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