Quantification of the subcutaneous fat layer with MRI in fetuses of healthy mothers with no underlying metabolic disease vs. fetuses of diabetic and obese mothers

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-184

  Berger Kulemann, Vanessa ^a   Brugger, Peter C ^a   Reisegger, Michael ^a   Klein, Katharina ^b   Hachemian, Nilouparak ^b   Koelblinger, Claus ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Prayer, Daniela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal MRI; Gestational diabetes; Obesity; Standard of reference; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MACROSOMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84856841190     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.122     Document Type: Article

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