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Mother to child transmission of diabetes mellitus: does gestational diabetes program Type 2 diabetes in the next generation?
18 Oct 2006
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AIM: Type 2 diabetes is frequently familial. Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy might act in addition to genetic factors to cause diabetes in the children of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The first manifestation of this in female offspring is likely to be GDM in their own pregnancies. We compared the incidence of GDM in daughters of diabetic mothers and diabetic fathers to determine if in utero...
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