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Glucose Tolerance in Twin Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Doris M. Campbell  and
Ian MacGillivray
Doris M. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Ian MacGillivray
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, UK

Abstract

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The hypothesis of a slower rate of glucose disappearance after intravenous glucose injection has been tested and proved in a sample of 54 women with twin pregnancies. Different standards for glucose tolerance being therefore required for these women, care should be taken before labelling them as diabetic.

Keywords

Glucose toleranceTwin pregnancyDiabetes

Information

Type
Session II: Pathophysiology of Twin Pregnancy
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 283 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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