Inherited inadequate uterine environment leading to mental retardation: negative evidence in pedigree data.
The frequency of mental retardation in the offspring of maternal aunts of retarded probands is compared with the frequency in offspring of other aunts or uncles of the same probands. There is no support for inherited uterine inadequacy as an explanatory factor for mental retardation.
D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*