Metformin treatment does not affect testicular size in offspring born to mothers with gestational diabetes

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-65

  Tertti, Kristiina ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a   Virtanen, Helena E ^a   Sadov, Sergey ^a   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Insulin; Metformin; Offspring; Testicular size; Testis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEARPOINT RULER; ORCHIDOMETER; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS SIZE; WAIST HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TESTIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; METFORMIN; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84983371678     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2016.13.59     Document Type: Article

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