Etiology, detection, and management of fetal macrosomia in pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 980-989

  Sacks, David A ^a,b  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Large for gestational age; Macrosomia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIET RESTRICTION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 35848951365     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31815a6242     Document Type: Article

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