Severe hypoglycaemia during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes: Possible role of renin-angiotensin system activity?

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Nielsen, L Ringholm ^a,b   Pedersen Bjergaard, U ^c   Thorsteinsson, B ^c   Boomsma, F ^d   Damm, P ^a,b   Mathiesen, E R ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACE activity; Antihypertensive therapy; Pregnancy; Renin angiotensin system; Severe hypoglycaemia; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 62049084240     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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