Growth of fetal lean mass and fetal fat mass in gestational diabetes

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-337

  Nobile De Santis, M S ^a,c   Taricco, E ^a,c   Radaelli, T ^c,d   Spada, E ^e   Rigano, S ^b   Ferrazzi, E ^b   Milani, S ^b   Cetin, I ^a,b,c  

^a Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Centre for Fetal Research Giorgio Pardi   (Italy)

^d Mangiagalli and Regina Elena   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fat mass; Fetal growth; Gestational diabetes; Growth curves; Lean mass; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956211781     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7575     Document Type: Article

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