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Genetics and Epigenetics: New Insight on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2020
Dalfrà Maria Grazia, Burlina Silvia, Del Vescovo Gloria Giovanna, Lapolla Annunziata
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic complication of pregnancy, with a prevalence that has increased significantly in the last decade, coming to affect 12-18% of all pregnancies. GDM is believed to be the result of a combination of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. Following the identification of susceptibility genes for type 2 diabetes by means of genome-wide association...
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