Increased pregnancy weight gain in women with latent toxoplasmosis and RhD-positivity protection against this effect

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1773-1779

  Kankova S ^a   Sulc J ^b   Flegr, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Centre of Reproductive Medicine   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

blood group; pregnancy weight gain; RhD; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LATENT TOXOPLASMOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 78650512643     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000661     Document Type: Article

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