Correcting for ethnicity when defining large for gestational age infants in diabetic pregnancies

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 226-231

  Dornhorst, A ^a   Nicholls, J S D ^b   Welch, A ^b   Ali, K ^b   Chan, S P ^b   Beard, R W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Ethnicity; Gestational diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS;

ADULT; ASIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029927651     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199603)13:3<226::AID-DIA26>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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