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Original Article

Relative Importance of Maternal Constitutional Factors and Glucose Intolerance of Pregnancy in the Development of Newborn Macrosomia

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Pages 285-290 | Received 10 Jul 1995, Accepted 24 Mar 1997, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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