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Original Article

Fetal anterior abdominal wall thickness may be an early ultrasonographic sign of gestational diabetes mellitus

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Pages 2028-2032 | Received 22 Mar 2015, Accepted 09 Jul 2015, Published online: 28 Aug 2015

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