Longitudinal variance of fat mass deposition during pregnancy evaluated by ultrasonography: The ratio of visceral fat to subcutaneous fat in the abdomen

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Kinoshita, Toshihiko ^a   Itoh, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat distribution; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 33344474555     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089456     Document Type: Article

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