Leptin and pre-eclampsia in Black African parturients

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1256-1261

  Kafulafula, G E ^a,b   Moodley, J ^a,b   Ojwang, P J ^a   Kagoro, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOUTH AFRICA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WARD;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036877062     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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