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Diabetes mellitus induced by PREGNANCY but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when insulin antagonistic hormones peaks leading to INSULIN RESISTANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; and HYPERGLYCEMIA.
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- Diabetes Mellitus, Gestational
- Diabetes, Gestational
- Diabetes, Pregnancy-Induced
- Diabetes, Pregnancy Induced
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
- Pregnancy-Induced Diabetes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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refers to DIABETES MELLITUS, not DIABETES INSIPIDUS; do not confuse with PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS where a diabetic becomes pregnant
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- Pregnancy in Diabetes (1966-1991)
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- National Library of Medicine. Gestational Diabetes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016640. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016640
- Gestational Diabetes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestational_diabetes
- Gestational Diabetes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126691