Intermediate metabolism in association with the amino acid profile during the third trimester of normal pregnancy and diet-controlled gestational diabetes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65.e1-65.e5

  Pappa, Kalliopi I ^a,b   Vlachos, George ^a   Theodora, Marianna ^a   Roubelaki, Maria ^b   Angelidou, Konstantina ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

branched chain amino acids; free fatty acids; gestational diabetes; ketogenic amino acids; hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; CARNITINE; CITRULLINE; FATTY ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC DIET; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846199571     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.094     Document Type: Article

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