Is the nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy really feto-protective?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Weigel, M Margaret ^a   Reyes, Monica ^b   Caiza, Maria Elena ^c   Tello, Nora ^c   Castro, Nancy P ^b   Cespedes, Sara ^c   Duchicela, Sylvia ^d   Betancourt, Miriam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c Ministerio de Salud Publica de Ecuador ^*  (Ecuador)

^d Fundacion Tierra Nueva   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Miscarriage; Morning sickness; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORNING SICKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKINFOLD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORNING SICKNESS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644825478     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.021     Document Type: Article

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