Uric acid concentrations are associated with insulin resistance and birthweight in normotensive pregnant women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582.e1-582.e6

  Laughon, S Katherine ^a   Catov, Janet ^a,b   Roberts, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

birthweight; hyperuricemia; insulin resistance; uric acid

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 70749087807     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.043     Document Type: Article

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