Birthweights in sickle cell trait pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1116-1121

  Tan, T L ^a,d   Seed, P ^b   Oteng Ntim, E ^c  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Birthweight centile; Customised birthweight centile; Large for gestational age; Sickle cell trait; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LONDON; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RISK FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 47349096202     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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