Macrosomia revisited: Ponderal index and leptin delineate subtypes of fetal overgrowth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 621-625

  Lepercq, Jacques ^a   Lahlou, Najiba ^a   Timsit, José ^b   Girard, Jean ^c   Mouzon, Sylvie Hauguel de ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Insulin; Insulin like growth factor I; Leptin; Macrosomia; Neonate

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032876290     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70502-8     Document Type: Article

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