First trimester serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, free β-human chorionic gonadotropin, and pregnancy-associated plasma protein A in Spanish women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1061-1064

  Fernández Alonso, Ana M ^a   Valdera Simbrón, Carlos J ^a   Fiol Ruiz, Gabriel ^a   Rodríguez Sánchez, Firma ^a   Chedraui, Peter ^b   Pérez López, Faustino R ^c  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

hCG; 25 hydroxyvitamin D; first trimester pregnancy; PAPP A; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; SPAIN; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955131650     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2011.569799     Document Type: Article

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