Excessive secretion of insulin precursors characterizes and predicts gestational diabetes

Diabetes

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 911-915

  Swinn, Robert A ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Gregory, Robert ^b   Curling, Victoria ^a   Clark, Penelope M ^a   Dalton, Kevin J ^a   Edwards, Owen M ^b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0029149305     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.44.8.911     Document Type: Article

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