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Descriptor English:   Diabetes, Gestational 
Descriptor Spanish:   Diabetes Gestacional 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Diabetes Gestacional 
Synonyms English:   Diabetes Mellitus, Gestational
Diabetes, Pregnancy-Induced
Gestational Diabetes  
Tree Number:   C13.703.170
C18.452.394.750.448
C19.246.200
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   refers to DIABETES MELLITUS, not DIABETES INSIPIDUS; do not confuse with PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS where a diabetic becomes pregnant
See Related English:   Pregnancy in Diabetics
 
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology enzymology
epidemiology etiology
genetics history
immunology metabolism
microbiology mortality
nursing pathology
prevention & control physiopathology
parasitology psychology
radiography rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging radiotherapy
surgery therapy
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   30157 
Unique Identifier:   D016640 

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