American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 958-963 , September 2004

Risk of cesarean wound complications in diabetic gestations

  • Tamara C. Takoudes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint request: Tamara C. Takoudes, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, KS3, Div of MFM, Boston, MA 02215.
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  • Sherry Weitzen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Research, Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Julie Slocum, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,
    • ,
  • Maureen Malee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,

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 Support was provided by the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brown University.Presented as a poster at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in New Orleans, La, February 2-7, 2004.

PII: S0002-9378(04)00547-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.063

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 958-963 , September 2004

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