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Perinatal and neonatal morbidity among infants of diabetic mothers at a university hospital in Central Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman M. Al-Nemri, Fahd Alsohime, Asfaq H. Shaik, Ghasan A. El-Hissi, Mohammed I. Al-Agha, Nada F. Al-Abdulkarim and Sarar Mohamed
Saudi Medical Journal June 2018, 39 (6) 592-597; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.6.22907
Abdulrahman M. Al-Nemri
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahd Alsohime
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Asfaq H. Shaik
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ghasan A. El-Hissi
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed I. Al-Agha
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nada F. Al-Abdulkarim
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sarar Mohamed
From the Department of Pediatric (Al-Nemri, Alsohime, Shaik, El-Hissi, Al-Agha, Al-Abdulkarim, Mohamed), from the Prince Abdullah bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Research Chair (Mohamed), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University; and from the Department of Pediatric (Mohamed), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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