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The association between pre pregnancy body mass index and risk of preeclampsia: a registry based study from Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia is among the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, occurs in 2-8% of all pregnancies, and is estimated to account for at least 9 % of maternal deaths in Africa. Studies from developed countries show that high pre pregnancy body mass index (BMI) increa...

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Autores principales: Mrema, Dorah, Lie, Rolv Terje, Østbye, Truls, Mahande, Michael Johnson, Daltveit, Anne Kjersti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5822591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29466949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1687-3