Does maternal obesity increase the risk of congenital anomalies? Analysis of 20,248 newborn in the Mainz birth register;Erhoht mutterliche adipositas das risiko fur kindliche fehlbildungen? Analyse von 20248 neugeborenen des mainzer geburtenregisters zur erfassung angeborener fehlbildungen

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-44

  Queisser Luft A ^a   Kieninger Baum, D ^a   Menger, H ^a   Stolz, G ^a   Schlaefer, K ^b   Merz, E ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Abteilung Epidemiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Body mass index; Malformations; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOCELE; EYE MALFORMATION; FACE MALFORMATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POTTER SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK;

ABNORMALITIES; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031993658     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000457     Document Type: Article

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