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Metformin use in gestational diabetes /

Marwa Magdy Khalil Abulhassan

Metformin use in gestational diabetes / استخدام المتفورمين فى سكر الحمل Marwa Magdy Khalil Abulhassan ; Supervised Hisham Omar Kandil , Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Algazzar - Cairo : Marwa Magdy Khalil Abulhassan , 2012 - 123 P. : charts ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Pregnancy increases requiements for insulin secretion while increasing insulin resistance increasing demands on pancreatic Ý - cells promoting development of gestational diabetes (GDM) particularly in women with pre-existing insulin resistance commonly in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) .If there is impaired pancreatic Ý - cell compensation for insulin resistance during pregnancy then GD then develops



Diabetes mellitus GDM Pregnancy