Managing labor and delivery of the diabetic mother

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-554

  Sela, Hen Y ^a   Raz, Itamar ^a   Elchalal, Uriel ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; delivery; diabetes mellitus; gestational diabetes mellitus; induction of labor; labor; macrosomia; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870349455     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: 17474116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.09.44     Document Type: Review

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