Glucose tolerance in twin pregnancy.
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.
D001786:Blood Glucose; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000175:diagnosis; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012016:Reference Values; D014427:Twins
D001786:Blood Glucose; D005947:Glucose