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Gestational diabetes mellitus and HLA class II (-DQ, -DR) association: The Digest Study.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 1997
Vambergue A, Fajardy I, Bianchi F, Cazaubiel M, Verier-Mine O, Goeusse P, Fontaine P, Danze P M
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy (IGT) are associated with an increased risk of perinatal morbidity and then further development of diabetes among 30-50% of affected women. This is a real public health problem that deserves investigation of phenotypic and genotypic predisposing markers. However, the involvement of genetic background in GDM and IGT remains...
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