Comparison of metformin and insulin in the treatment of gestational diabetes: A retrospective, case-control study

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Tertti, Kristiina ^a   Ekblad, Ulla ^a   Vahlberg, Tero ^b   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational diabetes; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Metformin; OGTT

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN LISPRO; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METFORMIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN TREATMENT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN CARE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 65749112267     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2008.5.95     Document Type: Article

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