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Factors affecting pregnancy weight gain and relationships with maternal/fetal outcomes in Turkey

Nilufer Akgun, Huseyin L. Keskin, Isık Ustuner, Gulden Pekcan and Ayse F. Avsar
Saudi Medical Journal May 2017, 38 (5) 503-508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.5.19378
Nilufer Akgun
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Akgun, Keskin), Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, (Pekcan), Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Avsar), Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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Huseyin L. Keskin
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Akgun, Keskin), Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, (Pekcan), Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Avsar), Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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Isık Ustuner
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Akgun, Keskin), Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, (Pekcan), Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Avsar), Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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Gulden Pekcan
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Akgun, Keskin), Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, (Pekcan), Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Avsar), Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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Ayse F. Avsar
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Akgun, Keskin), Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, (Pekcan), Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Avsar), Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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