Obesity at Conceivement Interferes with Placental Weight But Not Birth Weight
Author(s) -
Gülengül Köken
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
perinatal journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1305-3132
pISSN - 1300-5251
DOI - 10.2399/prn.13.0213006
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , endocrinology
Multidirectional relationships among mother, placenta and fetus are very complex and more appropriate interactions among them result in a healthier mother and a baby. It is known that there is a correlation between placental weight, birth weight and gestational age. Placental localization, maternal weight gain, age, lying position of the mother, sex of the fetus might affect the neonatal birth weight. Many studies have considered Abstract
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