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Gestational diabetes has been known to be associated with an increased perinatal morbidity and mortality (O’Sullivan etal., 1973; Mestman, 1980; Coustan and Imarah, 1984). A significant number of these pregnancies are complicated by fetal macrosomia with its attendant morbidities of traumatic delivery such as shoulder dys-tocia, brachial plexus injury, or bony trauma and Caesarean section. Furthermore, the infant of the mother with gestational diabetes is at increased risk for other neonatal complications such as hypoglycemia, hypocal-cemia, hyperbilirubinemia and erythemia (Mestman, 1980; Coustan and Imarah, 1984; Coustan and Lewis, 1978; Summary and Recomendations of the 2nd International Workshop-Conference 1985).
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Goldman, J.A., Dicker, D., Feldberg, D., Yeshaya, A., Karp, M. (1988). Preconceptional Diabetes Counseling in Gestational Diabetes. In: Weiss, P.A.M., Coustan, D.R. (eds) Gestational Diabetes. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8925-2_11
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