Diabetes and pregnancy: Perspectives from Asia

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-318

  Tutino, G E ^a   Tam, W H ^a   Yang, X ^b   Chan, J C N ^a   Lao, T T H ^a   Ma, R C W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; FERRITIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE PLUS METFORMIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMAN INSULIN; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ASIA; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESPONSE; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894032130     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12396     Document Type: Review

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