Abstract
During pregnancy maternal metabolic realignments occur which are related to providing the fetus with the most advantageous nutritional environment. Using a glucose infusion test (GIT) the present study was undertaken to investigate the adaptations of maternal insulin response and insulin sensitivity in relation to normal intravenous glucose tolerance (IVGT) and to chemical gestational diabetes.
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Fisher, P.M., Sutherland, H.W., Bewsher, P.D. (1979). Insulin Response Studies in Normal Pregnancy and Chemical Gestational Diabetes. In: Sutherland, H.W., Stowers, J.M. (eds) Carbohydrate Metabolism in Pregnancy and the Newborn 1978. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66972-9_3
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