Fetal macrosomia in Japanese women

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 960-965

  Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Cho, Kazutoshi ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Sato, Shoji ^b   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macrosomia; Maternal body mass index; Risk factor; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880257895     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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