Early weight gain does not decrease the incidence of low birth weight and small for gestational age triplets in mothers with normal pre-gestational body mass index

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 404-408

  Flidel Rimon, Orna ^a   Rhea, Debbie J ^b   Shinwell, Eric S ^a   Keith, Louis G ^c   Blickstein, Isaac ^d  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Matria Healthcare Inc   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Early weight gain; Low birth weight; Small for gestational age; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33748670287     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.080     Document Type: Article

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