Diabetes in pregnancy in Pakistani women: Prevalence and complications in an indigenous south asian community

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-191

  Akhter, J ^a,b   Qureshi, R ^a   Rahim, F ^a   Moosvi, S ^a   Rehman, A ^a   Jabbar, A ^a   Islam, N ^a   Khan, M A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029867097     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199602)13:2<189::AID-DIA32>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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