Obesity in pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e112-e126

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ABORTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONSENSUS; DIETITIAN; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; LIMB MALFORMATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICIAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STILLBIRTH; TREND STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DELIVERY; FETAL DISEASES; OBESITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; OBESITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84947912088     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001211     Document Type: Article

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