Comparison of newborn outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated with metformin or insulin: A randomised blinded trial

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Mesdaghinia, Elahe ^a   Samimi, Mansoureh ^a   Homaei, Zhila ^a   Saberi, Farzaneh ^a   Moosavi, Seyyed Gholam Abbas ^a   Yaribakht, Mohammad ^b  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Glucose tolerance test; Hemoglobin A1c; Hyperglycemia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METFORMIN; PIG INSULIN;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN OUTCOME; NEWBORN PERIOD; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STILLBIRTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84876176520     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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