Lack of effect of maternal body mass index on anthropometric characteristics of newborns in twin gestations

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Colletto, Gloria M D D ^a   Segre, Conceição A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Maternal obesity; Maternal weight gain; Prepregnancy BMI

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TWINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 18044385950     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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