Impact of maternal obesity on fetal health

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Tenenbaum Gavish, Kinneret ^a   Hod, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Congenital anomalies; Fetal programming; Macrosomia; Obesity; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAT INTAKE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL OBESITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; FETUS; LABOR ONSET; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84880571038     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350170     Document Type: Review

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