Fact Sheet

Prenatal Development Facts


Footnotes

1Carlson, 2004; O'Rahilly and Müller, 1987; Gilmour, 1941.

2Campbell, 2004; O'Rahilly and Müller, 1987; Navaratnam, 1991; Carlson, 2004.

3Campbell, 2004; Wisser and Dirschedl, 1994; O'Rahilly and Müller, 1987; Navaratnam, 1991; Kurjak and Kos, 1994; van Heeswijk et al., 1990; Gittenger-de Groot et al., 2000; Gilbert-Barness and Debich-Spicer, 1997; Gardner and O'Rahilly, 1976; de Vries and Saunders, 1962; Carlson, 2004.

4Moore and Persaud, 2003.

5Gardner and O'Rahilly, 1976; Straus et al., 1961.

6Prenatal Form and Function Appendix, 2005.

7Carlson, 2004.


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