Effect of maternal height on gestational age and birth weight in nulliparous mothers of triplets with a normal pregravid body mass index

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a   Jacques, Debbie L ^b   Keith, Louis G ^b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body height; Body mass index; Gestational age; Nulliparity; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS;

EID: 0037566965     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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