Complications of pregnancy and foetal outcomes in pregnant diabetic patients managed in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Sobande, A A ^a,b   Eskander, M ^a,b   Archibong, E I ^b,c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Abha Maternity Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antenatal complications; Foetal outcomes; Gestational diabetes; Pregnancy; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 18844374398     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v24i1.28155     Document Type: Article

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