Role of cortisol in the deterioration of glucose tolerance in Sudanese pregnant women

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 465-467

  Ahmed, S A M ^a   Shalayel, M H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS--WOMEN; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN AFRICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; SUDAN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS--WOMEN; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONES; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; NORTHERN AFRICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; SUDAN; WOMEN;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; SUDAN;

EID: 0033235640     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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