Gestational diabetes mellitus complicating twin pregnancies

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-440

  Simoes, Teresinha ^a   Queiros, Alexandra ^a   Correia, Lucia ^a   Rocha, Tiago ^b   Dias, Elsa ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^c  

^a Maternity Dr Alfredo da Costa ^*  (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; obesity; respiratory distress syndrome; twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; TWINS;

EID: 79960224983     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.048     Document Type: Article

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