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Greater maternal weight gain during pregnancy predicts a large but lean fetal phenotype: a prospective cohort study.
Maternal and child health journal - 1 Oct 2012
Hure Alexis Jayne, Collins Clare Elizabeth, Giles Warwick Bruce, Paul Jonathan Winter, Smith Roger
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The objective of this study is to describe the fetal phenotype in utero and its associations with maternal pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain. This prospective longitudinal cohort included 179 Australian women with singleton pregnancies. Serial ultrasound measurements were performed at 19, 25, 30 and 36 (±1) weeks gestation and maternal anthropometry were collected concurrently. The ultrasound scans...
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