Obstetric problems in diabetic pregnancy - The role of fetal hypoxia

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 663-671

  Teramo, Kari A ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Diabetic pregnancy; Erythropoietin; Fetal surveillance; Fetus; Glycaemic control; Hypoxia; Perinatal complications; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMNION FLUID LEVEL; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; AMNION FLUID; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 79952118397     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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