Preconceptional Maternal Bile Acids and Birth Weight of Neonates

Hepatol Commun. 2019 Mar 28;3(6):849-850. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1344. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Aafke P A van Montfoort^{1

2}, Ruxandra A Nagy^{1

3}, Jannie van Echten-Arends¹, Annemieke Hoek¹, Uwe J F Tietge³

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section Reproductive Medicine University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands.
² Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht the Netherlands.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Diseases University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen Groningen the Netherlands.

Abstract

Preconceptional maternal bile acid species are significantly associated with birth weight of the offspring.