Article
[Autoimmunological basis of gestational diabetes mellitus].
Medycyna wieku rozwojowego - 1 Jan 2000
Sledziewski Adam, Kuźmicki Mariusz, Kretowski Adam, Majkowicz-Młynarczyk Amelia, Kinalski Maciej
Abstract excerpt
This paper is a review of recent reports on autoimmune aspects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). In a subgroup of GDM patients distinct phenotypic and genotypic features could be distinguished. Islet autoantibodies with variable frequency are present in samples of sera taken from women with GDM. Beta-cell destruction may follow different time course patterns. For this reasons GDM patients may develop...
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