Pregnancy and obesity: practical implications
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Prepregnancy obesity and pregnancy outcome.
BACKGROUND Maternal obesity has long been correlated with an increased risk of chronic hypertension and diabetes prior to pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, fetal macrosomia, Cesarean deliveries, postpartum endometritis and a prolonged hospital stay OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity on pregnancy outcomes Met...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1613-3412,1613-3420
DOI: 10.1007/s11296-005-0019-0