TY - BOOK AU - Elsayed Mohammed Elsayed AU - Ahmed Zakaria Elshekha , AU - Hesham Salah Eldin Hamza , AU - Sherif Abdelrhman Elsharkawy , TI - Evaluation of ultrasound assessment of fetal subcutaneous fat tissue thickness as a predictor of gestational diabetes / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Elsayed Mohammed Elsayed , KW - Gestational diabetes KW - Subcutaneous fat KW - Ultrasound N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been defined for many years as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. According to the hyperglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes (HAPO study), a large-scale multinational epidemiologic study, the risk of adverse maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes continuously increases as a function of maternal glycemia at 24-28 weeks of gestation ER -