American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 964-968 , September 2004

The influence of obesity and diabetes on the prevalence of macrosomia

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 Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, La, February 2-7, 2004.Reprints are not available from the authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.052

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 964-968 , September 2004

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