Elective delivery of infants with macrosomia in diabetic women: Reduced shoulder dystocia versus increased cesarean deliveries

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 922-925

  Conway, D L ^a   Langer, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Macrosomia; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DYSTOCIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0031861985     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70524-1     Document Type: Article

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