Gestational diabetes [ origins, complications and treatment

"Discussing the origins, care, and consequences of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), this book focuses on evidence-based medicine to highlight various aspects of this rapidly growing condition. It provides glucose requirements for fetal growth and maternal and fetal metabolism as well as ins...

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Main Author: Petry, Clive J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2014
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505 0 |a 1. Glucose, foetal growth, and pregnancy -- 2. What is gestational diabetes? -- 3. Environmental risk factors for gestational diabetes -- 4. Genetic risk factors for gestational diabetes -- 5. Complications of gestational diabetes -- 6. Dietary therapy for gestational diabetes -- 7. Exercise and gestational diabetes -- 8. Pharmacological treatment of gestational diabetes -- 9. Future prospects for gestational diabetes 
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