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Title Gestational diabetes : origins, complications, and treatment / edited by Clive J. Petry
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations
Contents Section 1. Gestational diabetes -- section 2. Origins -- section 3. Complications -- section 4. Treatments -- section 5. Future prospects
Summary "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 insulin secretion and sensitivity in pregnancy; covers genetic risk factors, autoimmunity, interaction with obesity, and associations with fetal growth genes; presents diet therapies and the role of exercise and nutrition; and reviews the effects of rapid-, short-, and long-acting insulin, oral hypoglycemic agents in pregnancy, and clinical approaches"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Diabetes in pregnancy.
Evidence-based medicine.
Diabetes, Gestational
Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Evidence-based medicine
Diabetes in pregnancy
Form Electronic book
Author Petry, Clive J., editor
ISBN 1439879974
9781439879979