The effects of metformin treatment of gestational diabetes on maternal weight and glucose tolerance postpartum - A prospective follow-up study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-87

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

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; glucose tolerance; insulin; metformin; postpartum; weight

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; METFORMIN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954197087     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12788     Document Type: Article

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