Maternal factors associated with fetal growth and birthweight are independent determinants of placental weight and exhibit differential effects by fetal sex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Roland, Marie Cecilie Paasche ^a   Friis, Camilla M ^a   Godang, Kristin ^a   Bollerslev, Jens ^a,b   Haugen, Guttorm ^a,b   Henriksen, Tore ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS SEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL METABOLIC FACTOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; METABOLISM; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIMIPARA; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84895531038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087303     Document Type: Article

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