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ArticleAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A2019

Neurofibromatosis type 1 of the child increases birth weight.

Jussi Leppävirta, Roope A Kallionpää, Elina Uusitalo, Tero Vahlberg, Minna Pöyhönen, Juha Peltonen, Sirkku Peltonen

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Article in American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jussi LeppävirtaDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1935-7881
Roope A KallionpääDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Elina UusitaloDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Tero VahlbergDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Minna PöyhönenDepartment of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Juha PeltonenDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Sirkku PeltonenDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
University of Turku · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

Doctoral Programme in Clinical ResearchFinnish Cultural FoundationFinnish Dermatological SocietyTurku University Hospital
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is associated with reduced adult height, but there are no cohort studies on birth size. This retrospective study includes a cohort of 1,410 persons with NF1 and a matched comparison cohort from the general population. Figures for birth size were retrieved from the administrative registers of Finland, and the data were converted to standard deviation scores (SDS), defined as standard deviation difference to the reference population. The birth weight among infants with NF1 was higher than among infants without the disorder (adjusted mean difference [95% confidence interval]: 0.53 SDS [0.19-0.87]), as was the head circumference at birth (0.58 SDS [0.26-0.90]). The birth length of the NF1 infants did not differ significantly from the comparison cohort. The birth weight in the group consisting of NF1 and non-NF1 infants of NF1 mothers was lower than among infants of mothers in the comparison cohort (-0.28 SDS [-0.51 to -0.06]), as was the birth length (-0.22 SDS [-0.45 to 0.00]). In conclusion, the birth weight and head circumference of persons with NF1 are significantly higher than those of persons without the disorder. NF1 of the mother reduces birth weight and birth length of the infant.

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Birth WeightRegistriesAdultBody HeightBody Mass IndexCephalometryChildFemaleFinlandHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInheritance PatternsMaleNeurofibromatosis 1Retrospective StudiesanthropometricsepidemiologyneurofibromatosisnewbornRasopathy

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PMCPMC6618292
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