The effect of body mass index on the outcome of pregnancy in women with recurrent miscarriage

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-171

  Lo, Winnie ^a   Rai, Raj ^a   Hameed, Aisha ^a   Brailsford, Susan ^b   Al Ghamdi, Ahlam ^a,c   Regan, Lesley ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

BMI; miscarriage; obesity; recurrent miscarriage; weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892395059     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.102316     Document Type: Article

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