Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , January 2007

Maternal third trimester hyperglycaemic excursions predict large-for-gestational-age infants in type 1 diabetic pregnancy

Received 2 January 2006 ,Accepted 31 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.05.019

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , January 2007

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