Beta-cell hyperplasia in macrosomic infants and fetuses of nondiabetic mothers

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-52

  Pinar, Halit ^a   Pinar, Tonguc ^a   Singer, Don B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta cell hyperplasia; Macrosomia; Nondiabetic mothers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033985455     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100240050006     Document Type: Article

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