Gestational diabetes mellitus in the last trimester - A feature of maternal iron excess?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 218-223

  Lao, T T ^a,b   Chan, P L ^a   Tam, K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Serum iron; Third trimester; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0035042446     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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