Fetal subcutaneous tissue thickness (SCTT) in healthy and gestational diabetic pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-597

  Larciprete, G ^a,b   Valensise, H ^a   Vasapollo, B ^a,b   Novelli, G P ^a   Parretti, E ^c   Altomare, F ^a   Di Pierro, G ^a   Menghini, S ^a   Barbati, G ^b   Mello, G ^c   Arduini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fat mass; Lean mass; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 9144257397     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.926     Document Type: Article

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