Gestational diabetes exhibits lack of carnitine deficiency despite relatively low carnitine levels and alterations in ketogenesis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Pappa, Kalliopi I ^a,b   Anagnou, Nicholas P ^b,c   Salamalekis, Emmanuel ^b   Bikouvarakis, Stylianos ^a   Maropoulos, George ^d   Anogianaki, Nektaria ^a   Evangeliou, Athanasios ^a   Koumantakis, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Ketogenesis; L carnitine shuttle system; Lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KETOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KETONE BODIES; PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 17144378616     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050400028733     Document Type: Article

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