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Increasing prevalence of macrosomia in Flanders, Belgium: an indicator of population health and a burden for the future

Macrosomia, defined as birth weight > 4 kg, increased in Flanders from 7.3% (4899/67143) in 1991 to 8.63% (6034/69924) in 2010 (p < 0.0001) in singleton pregnancies at term. There are at least 3 important factors contributing to this evolution. (1) Increase of maternal stature and length: duri...

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Autores principales: Gyselaers, W., Martens, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universa Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24753901