Prospective population based survey of outcome of pregnancy in diabetic women: Results of the Northern Diabetic Pregnancy Audit, 1994

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7103, 1997, Pages 279-281

  Hawthorne, Gillian ^a   Robson, S ^b,c   Ryall, E A ^d   Sen, D ^e   Roberts, S H ^e   Ward Platt, M P ^f  

^a University Hospital of Hartlepool   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Fetal Medicine ^*

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030745392     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7103.279     Document Type: Article

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