Sonographic measurement of the fetal thymus: Relationship with maternal obesity.
Melahat YildirimAli IpekGulcan DauletkazinBusra Demir CendekSaniye GezegenRaziye DesdiciogluAyse Filiz Avsar YavuzPublished in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2017)
Fetal thymus size was increased in obese women, and this increase may indicate immunologic abnormalities in fetuses. However, future large-scale studies are necessary to support this association. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:277-281, 2017.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- adipose tissue
- birth weight
- magnetic resonance imaging
- gestational age
- bariatric surgery
- current status
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- case control
- ultrasound guided
- breast cancer risk
- contrast enhanced ultrasound