• Corticosteroid use and risk of orofacial clefts 

      Skuladottir, Hildur; Wilcox, Allen James; Ma, Chen; Lammer, Edward J.; Rasmussen, Sonja A.; Werler, Martha M.; Shaw, Gary M.; Carmichael, Suzan L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06)
      Background: Maternal use of corticosteroids during early pregnancy has been inconsistently associated with orofacial clefts in the offspring. A previous report from the National Birth Defect Prevention Study (NBDPS), using ...
    • Familial risk of cerebral palsy: Population based cohort study 

      Tollånes, Mette Christophersen; Wilcox, Allen James; Lie, Rolv Terje; Moster, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-15)
      Objective To investigate risks of recurrence of cerebral palsy in family members with various degrees of relatedness to elucidate patterns of hereditability. Design Population based cohort study. Setting Data from the ...
    • Identification of DNA methylation changes in newborns related to maternal smoking during pregnancy 

      Markunas, Christina A; Xu, Zongli; Harlid, Sophia; Wade, Paul A.; Lie, Rolv Terje; Taylor, Jack A.; Wilcox, Allen James (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-01)
      Background: Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with significant infant morbidity and mortality, and may influence later disease risk. One mechanism by which smoking (and other environmental factors) might have ...
    • Long-term mortality in mothers with perinatal losses and risk modification by surviving children and attained education: A population-based cohort study 

      Halland, Frode; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; deRoo, Lisa; Klungsøyr, Kari; Wilcox, Allen James; Skjaerven, Rolv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Objective: To assess the association between perinatal losses and mother’s long-term mortality and modification by surviving children and attained education. Design: A population-based cohort study. Setting: Norwegian ...
    • Maternal genes and facial clefts in offspring: a comprehensive search for genetic associations in two population-based cleft studies from Scandinavia 

      Jugessur, Astanand; Shi, Min; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Lie, Rolv Terje; Wilcox, Allen James; Weinberg, Clarice Ring; Christensen, Kaare; Boyles, Abee Lowman; Daack-Hirsch, Sandra; Nguyen, Truc Trung; Christiansen, Lene; Lidral, Andrew Carl; Murray, Jeffrey Clark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-07-09)
      Background Fetal conditions can in principle be affected by the mother's genotype working through the prenatal environment. Methodology/Principal Findings Genotypes for 1536 SNPs in 357 cleft candidate genes were available ...
    • Seasonal and pandemic influenza during pregnancy and risk of fetal death: A Norwegian registry‑based cohort study 

      Gunnes, Nina; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Bakken, Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen; Ghaderi, Sara; Gran, Jon Michael; Hungnes, Olav; Magnus, Per; Samuelsen, Sven Ove; Skrondal, Anders; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Trogstad, Lill; Wilcox, Allen James; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Previous studies of fetal death with maternal influenza have been inconsistent. We explored the effect of maternal influenza-like illness (ILI) in pregnancy on the risk of fetal death, distinguishing between diagnoses ...
    • Term complications and subsequent risk of preterm birth: registry based study 

      Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Wilcox, Allen James; Skjærven, Rolv; Østbye, Truls; Harmon, Quaker E (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objective To explore conditions and outcomes of a first delivery at term that might predict later preterm birth. Design Population based, prospective register based study. Setting Medical Birth Registry of ...
    • X-Linked Genes and Risk of Orofacial Clefts: Evidence from Two Population-Based Studies in Scandinavia 

      Jugessur, Astanand; Skare, Øivind; Lie, Rolv Terje; Wilcox, Allen James; Christensen, Kaare; Christiansen, Lene; Nguyen, Truc Trung; Murray, Jeffrey Clark; Gjessing, Håkon K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-19)
      Background: Orofacial clefts are common birth defects of complex etiology, with an excess of males among babies with cleft lip and palate, and an excess of females among those with cleft palate only. Although genes on the ...