Maternal obesity: The interplay between inflammation, mother and fetus

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Schmatz, M ^a   Madan, J ^b   Marino, T ^a   Davis, J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

inflammation; maternal obesity; neonatal outcomes; obstetrical complications

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BODY MASS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DISORDER; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953518974     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.182     Document Type: Review

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