Sadaf Parvez Hussain, Zia-ul Islam.
Gestational Diabetes: Effect on gross Morphology of Human Placenta and Birth Weight.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(4):1077-81.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of gestational diabetes on normal morphology of human placenta and birth weight. Study design: Case control prospective study Place of study: Department of Anatomy, Bahria Medical and Dental College, Karachi. Methods::Total of 50 placentae were collected, 25 were normal placentae and 25 were gestational diabetic placentae. Results: In this study gestational diabetes showed no effect on shape in normal and gestational placentae where as changes in the weight of placentae, diameter of placentae, thickness of placentae, number of cotyledons and birth weight was observed in gestational diabetic placentae. Conclusion: The results in our study revealed that gestational diabetic placentae showed increase in diameter, weight, mean thickness and number of cotyledons. There was also Increase in birth weight in gestational diabetes that revealed that good glycemic control might be a better option for reducing the diabetic induced changes.

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