The role of umbilical cord thickness and HbA1c levels for the prediction of fetal macrosomia in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 635-639

  Binbir, Birol ^a   Yeniel, A Ozgur ^a   Ergenoglu, A Mete ^a   Kazandi, Mert ^a   Akercan, Fuat ^a   Sagol, Sermet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cord; Distosia; Macrosomia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

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

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD THICKNESS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; WHARTON JELLY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEINS; WHARTON JELLY;

EID: 84862620939     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1961-3     Document Type: Article

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