Is low-dose streptozotocin in rats an adequate model for gestational diabetes mellitus?

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 216-221

  Caluwaerts, Silvia ^a,b   Holemans, Kathleen ^a   Van Bree, Rita ^a   Verhaeghe, Johan ^a   Van Assche, F André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Pregnancy; Rats; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESPONSE; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MACROSOMIA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 0037564568     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(03)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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