Correlation of 2nd trimester amniotic fluid amino acid profile with gestational age and estimated fetal weight

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1033-1038

  Athanasiadis, Apostolos P ^a   Michaelidou, Alexandra Maria ^b   Fotiou, Maria ^b   Menexes, George ^b   Theodoridis, Theodoros D ^a   Ganidou, Maria ^a   Tzevelekis, Basilis ^a   Assimakopoulos, Efstratios ^a   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

amino acids; amniotic fluid; body mass index in pregnancy; fetal weight; gestational age; Pregnancy; smoking in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; TAURINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 79959981169     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.545909     Document Type: Article

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