The fetal glucose steal: an underappreciated phenomenon in diabetic pregnancy

Diabetologia

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1089-1094

  Desoye, Gernot ^a   Nolan, Christopher J ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetic fetopathy; Fetal glucose steal; Fetal hyperinsulinaemia; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Placenta; Pregnancy; Review; Transplacental glucose transfer; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; METABOLISM; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HYPERINSULINISM; PREGNANCY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 84961197899     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-3931-6     Document Type: Review

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