The effects of fetal gender on maternal and fetal insulin resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Walsh, Jennifer M ^a   Segurado, Ricardo ^a   Mahony, Rhona M ^b   Foley, Michael E ^a   McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; C-PEPTIDE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84947475135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137215     Document Type: Article

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