Association of Higher Maternal Blood Pressure with Lower Infant Birthweight: Placental Cause or Cardiovascular Effect?

Hypertension

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 499-500

  Thilaganathan, Baskaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREHYPERTENSION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84958078259     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06880     Document Type: Note

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