Diabetes and pregnancy: A review of pathology

British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Evans, Margaret J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Foetal anomaly; Placental pathology; Umbilical cord coiling

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 74549143129     PISSN: 14746514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474651409344924     Document Type: Review

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