European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , March 2008

Pregnancy outcome in obese and morbidly obese gestational diabetic women

  • Yariv Yogev

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 Tenth Avenue, Suite 11A, New York, NY 10019, USA. Tel.: +1 212 523 5750; fax: +1 212 523 8066.
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  • Oded Langer

Received 7 November 2006 ,Revised 27 January 2007 ,Accepted 14 March 2007.

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PII: S0301-2115(07)00187-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.03.022

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 21-26 , March 2008

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