Association between maternal obesity and fetal cardiac malformations in African Americans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 695-700

  Mikhail, Lyrée N ^b   Walker, Cheryl K ^b   Mittendorf, Robert ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Congenital malformations; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036675858     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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