Impact of maternal body mass index on the antenatal detection of congenital anomalies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1503-1511

  Best, K E ^a   Tennant, P W G ^a   Bell, R ^a,b   Rankin, J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Maternity Survey Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; congenital abnormalities; congenital heart disease; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84867582039     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03462.x     Document Type: Article

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