Efficacy and safety of metformin during pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes mellitus or polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1522-1534

  Lautatzis, Maria Elena ^a,b   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a   Vrontakis, Maria ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Metformin; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Pregnancy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETIC DIET; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS WASTAGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIGESTION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MACROSOMIA; METALLIC TASTE; NAUSEA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN HYPOGLYCEMIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

FDA; FFA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FREE FATTY ACID; GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GMD; METFORMIN; METFORMIN VERSUS INSULIN FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES; MIG; OGLA; ORAL GLUCOSE LOWERING AGENTS; PCOS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T2DM; TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METFORMIN; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886396618     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.06.006     Document Type: Review

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