Gravidas with a BMI above 25: Challenges in antenatal and peripartal monitoring;Die Schwangere über 25 (BMI) Herausforderung in der antenatalen und peripartalen Überwachung

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 463-471

  Hartge, D R ^a   Dawson, A ^a   Bohlmann, M K ^a   Diedrich, K ^a   Weichert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

obesity; pregnancy; prenatal; surveillance; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953843931     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: 14388804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249948     Document Type: Review

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