Relationship between short stature and postchallenge glycemia in pregnancy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kew, Simone ^a   Qi, Ying ^a   Sermer, Mathew ^a   Connelly, Philip W ^b,c   Hanley, Anthony J G ^a,b   Zinman, Bernard ^a,b   Retnakaran, Ravi ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LETTER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT STATURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79951699754     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1660     Document Type: Letter

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