We are currently recruiting at Birmingham Women's Hospital and Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. We are aiming to recruit in Birmingham City Hospital by January 2009.
Papers
Published
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Krone, R.E., Ewer, A.K., Barrett, T.G., Moy, R.J., Bakour, S., Maher, E.R., Thangaratinam, S., Cox, P., Martin, B., Khan, K.S., Zeegers, M.P. The Birmingham Registry for Twin and Heritability Studies (BiRTHS). Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2006: 9: 907-912
Unpublished
Via the project we aim to produce papers in relation to the following titles;
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Determinants of pregnancy outcomes
Parental risk factor profiles of pregnancy outcomes
The correlation between amnionicity, chorionicity and zygosity.
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Growth
Comparison between postnatal and antenatal growth up to 6 months.
Relationship of maternal nutritional status and postnatal growth up to 6 months.
Meta-analysis on the heritability of growth.
The heritability of growth.
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Depression
Comparison between antenatal and postnatal depression up to 6 months.
Comparison between antenatal depression and pregnancy outcomes.
Comparison between maternal depression and child development.
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Heritability of early development
The heritability of early behaviour development
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Determinants of early development
Relationship between parental characteristics and early development.
Relationship between pregnancy outcomes and early development.