Genetic effect on apgar score

Intraclass correlation coefficients for one- and five-min Apgar scores of 604 twin pairs born at a southeastern Brazilian hospital were calculated, after adjusting these scores for gestational age and sex. The data support a genetic hypothesis only for 1-min Apgar score, probably because it is less...

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Main Authors: Carla Franchi-Pinto, Glória Maria Duccini Dal Colletto, Henrique Krieger, Bernardo Beiguelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 1999-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571999000100003