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Birthweight and fetal glycosylated hemoglobin at birth in newborns carrying the GLUT1 XbaI gene polymorphism.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2011
Hocher Berthold, Heimerl Dirk, Slowinski Torsten, Godes Michael, Halle Horst, Priem Friedrich, Pfab Thiemo
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BACKGROUND: Low birthweight is an independent risk factor of glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes in later life. Genetically determined insulin resistance and subsequently impaired glucose uptake might explain both reduced fetal growth and elevated blood glucose. The glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) plays an important role for fetal glucose uptake as well as for maternal-fetal glucose transfer, and it has been...
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