Search for dissertations about: "Gestational dabetes mellitus"

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2. 1. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in North India. Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, Pathophysiological Aspects and Genetic and Non-Genetic Origin in the State of Punjab

   Author : Geeti Puri Arora; diabetes och endokrinologi Genomik; []
   Keywords : Gestational dabetes mellitus; oral glucose tolerance test; type 2 diabetes; prevalence; diagnostic criteria; genetic variant; ethnic groups; insulin secretion; insulin resistance;

   Abstract : Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) defines an unhealthy state of hyperglycaemia that develops in response to an otherwise normal physiological adaptive insulin resistance state during pregnancy. However, the exact plasma glucose levels differentiating the unhealthy GDM state from a normal pregnancy is unknown, and relies upon arbitrary cut off criteria based on associations with adverse health outcomes in mother and child. READ MORE