Article
Genotypic and phenotypic differences between Arabian and Scandinavian women with gestational diabetes mellitus.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2004
Shaat N, Ekelund M, Lernmark A, Ivarsson S, Nilsson A, Perfekt R, Berntorp K, Groop L
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Gestational diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous disorder characterised by impaired insulin secretion and action. Our aim was to study whether autoimmunity, variations in genes affecting insulin secretion and action, or both, contribute to the development of gestational diabetes and whether the pathogenesis of the disease differs between women with a Scandinavian or Arabian background. METHODS:...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Arabs
- Autoantibodies
- Blood Glucose
- Diabetes, Gestational
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- Humans
- Insulin